title: trans-Carbonyl-chloridobis(tri-p-tolyl-phosphine)rhodium(I) acetone solvate.
abstract: The title compound, [RhCl(C(21)H(21)P)(2)(CO)]·C(3)H(6)O, was precipitated in trace yield from a reaction of RhCl(cod)(THP) with P(p-tol)(3) in a 1:1 acetone-d(6)/CD(3)OD solution under a hydrogen atmosphere [p-tol = p-tolyl, THP = tris-(hydroxy-meth-yl)phosphine, P(CH(2)OH)(3), and cod = 1,5-cyclo-octa-diene]. The complex displays a square-planar geometry around the Rh(I) atom. The complex mol-ecules and the acetone mol-ecules are linked into a chain along the a axis by inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lorenzini
authors.forename: Brian O
authors.initials: BO
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: Brian R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: James