title: Chlorobis(triphenylphosphine)nickel(I) tetrahydrofuran solvate and an unsolvated trigonal phase of chlorotris(triphenylphosphine)nickel(I)
abstract: In [NiCl(C(18)H(15)P)(2)].C(4)H(8)O, the Ni atom is coordinated by three ligands in a distorted trigonal-planar configuration, with a P-Ni-P angle of 111.52 (2) degrees. In [NiCl(C(18)H(15)P)(3)], there are three independent molecules in the asymmetric unit, with each Ni-Cl bond on a crystallographic threefold rotation axis. Each Ni centre is tetrahedrally bound. The Ni atoms in both compounds have a d(9) configuration and a formal oxidation state of Ni(I). A comparison is made between the form of [NiCl(PPh(3))(3)] presented here and that of a known toluene solvate.
authors.affiliation: Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Department of Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. d.d.ellis@chem.uu.nl.
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Spek