Theneworganic-inorganiccompound,[C_6H_7N_2O_2]_3TeCl_5·2Clwassynthesizedanditsstructurewasdeterminedatroomtemperatureinthetriclinicsystem(P~-1)withthefollowingparameters:a=10.5330(11)?,b=10.6663(11)?,c=15.9751(16)?,α=82.090(2)°,β=71.193(2)°,γ=68.284(2)°andZ=2.ThefinalcycleofrefinementledtoR=0.057andRw=0.149.ThecrystalstructurewasstabilizedbyanextensivenetworkofN--H···Clandnon-classicalC--H···Clhydrogenbondsbetweenthecationandtheanionicgroup.Severalthermalanalysistechniquessuchasthermogravimetricanalysis,differentialscanningcalorimetricanalysisandevolvedgasanalysiswereused.Weusedisoconversionalkineticsmethodstodeterminethekineticsparameters.Weobservethatthedecompositionof[C_6H_7N_2O_2]_3TeCl_5·2Clentailstheformationhydrochloricacidofnitroanilineasvolatiles.Theinfraredspectrawererecordedinthe4000–400cm~(-1)frequencyregion.TheRamanspectrawererecordedintheexternalregionoftheanionicsublatticevibration50–1500cm~(-1).TheopticalbandgapwascalculatedfromtheUV-VisabsorbancespectrausingclassicalTaucrelationwhichwasfoundtobe3.12and3.67eV.
