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inorganic compounds
The title compound, divanadium manganese tellurite, V2MnTeO7, was obtained by hydrothermal methods. The structure of this compound is made up of slabs, running parallel to the xy plane, that contain TeO3 + 1 units and MnO6 octahedra, along with distorted VO5 square pyramids and VO6 octahedra. Examination of the metal environments and bond-valence-sum calculations show that this compound is an MnII/VIV/TeIV compound.