NaTe is Magnesium tetraboride-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbcn space group. There are three inequivalent Na sites. In the first Na site, Na(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Te(1), two equivalent Te(3), and four equivalent Te(2) atoms. In the second Na site, Na(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Te(2), one Te(4), two equivalent Te(1), and two equivalent Te(3) atoms. In the third Na site, Na(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Te(1), one Te(3), two equivalent Te(2), and two equivalent Te(4) atoms. There are four inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one Na(3), two equivalent Na(1), two equivalent Na(2), one Te(2), and one Te(4) atom. In the second Te site, Te(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Na(2), four equivalent Na(3), and two equivalent Te(3) atoms. In the third Te site, Te(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Na(1), two equivalent Na(3), and four equivalent Na(2) atoms. In the fourth Te site, Te(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), two equivalent Na(3), four equivalent Na(1), and one Te(3) atom.
NaTe is Magnesium tetraboride-like structured and crystallizes in the orthorhombic Pbcn space group. There are three inequivalent Na sites. In the first Na site, Na(1) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Te(1), two equivalent Te(3), and four equivalent Te(2) atoms. The Na(1)-Te(1) bond length is 3.16 Å. There is one shorter (3.22 Å) and one longer (3.56 Å) Na(1)-Te(3) bond length. There are a spread of Na(1)-Te(2) bond distances ranging from 3.36-3.75 Å. In the second Na site, Na(2) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Te(2), one Te(4), two equivalent Te(1), and two equivalent Te(3) atoms. The Na(2)-Te(2) bond length is 3.57 Å. The Na(2)-Te(4) bond length is 3.25 Å. Both Na(2)-Te(1) bond lengths are 3.08 Å. There is one shorter (3.33 Å) and one longer (3.35 Å) Na(2)-Te(3) bond length. In the third Na site, Na(3) is bonded in a 6-coordinate geometry to one Te(1), one Te(3), two equivalent Te(2), and two equivalent Te(4) atoms. The Na(3)-Te(1) bond length is 3.12 Å. The Na(3)-Te(3) bond length is 3.16 Å. There is one shorter (3.17 Å) and one longer (3.36 Å) Na(3)-Te(2) bond length. There is one shorter (3.33 Å) and one longer (3.42 Å) Na(3)-Te(4) bond length. There are four inequivalent Te sites. In the first Te site, Te(3) is bonded in a 7-coordinate geometry to one Na(3), two equivalent Na(1), two equivalent Na(2), one Te(2), and one Te(4) atom. The Te(3)-Te(2) bond length is 2.85 Å. The Te(3)-Te(4) bond length is 3.08 Å. In the second Te site, Te(4) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Na(2), four equivalent Na(3), and two equivalent Te(3) atoms. In the third Te site, Te(1) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to two equivalent Na(1), two equivalent Na(3), and four equivalent Na(2) atoms. In the fourth Te site, Te(2) is bonded in a 8-coordinate geometry to one Na(2), two equivalent Na(3), four equivalent Na(1), and one Te(3) atom.