title: Dichloridotris(trimethyl-phosphine)nickel(II).
abstract: The title compound, [NiCl(2)(C(3)H(9)P)(3)], was obtained as a product of the reaction of [NiCl(2)(PMe(3))(2)] with an equivalent trimethyl-phosphine in diethyl ether. It easily loses trimethyl-phosphine at room temperature to give NiCl(2)(PMe(3))(2). There are two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit, and their bond lengths and angles are similar. The Ni environment is trigonal bipyramidal. One Ni, one P and two Cl atoms lie in the equatorial plane, with the remaining two P atoms occupying axial positions. The equatorial Ni-P bond length is shorter than the axial bond lengths.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Shanda Nanlu 27, Jinan 250100, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ruixia
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Qibao
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hongjian
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sun