title: Chlorido{N-[(E)-2-(diphenyl-phosphan-yl)benzyl-idene]-2-(thio-phen-2-yl)ethan-amine-κP}gold(I).
abstract: The title compound, [AuCl(C(25)H(22)NPS)], crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit in which the thio-phene fragments are disordered over two sets of sites with 0.537 (10):0.463 (10) and 0.701 (9):0.299 (9) occupancy ratios. In both cases, the thio-phene ring is rotated by approximately 180° for the second component. Important geometrical parameters include Au-P = 2.235 (2) and 2.237 (2) Å, Au-Cl = 2.286 (2) and 2.292 (2) Å, and P-Au-Cl = 177.39 (8) and 172.63 (7)°. Weak inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl inter-actions are observed in the crystal structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7707,South Africa. harrychiririwa@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Haleden
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chiririwa
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muller