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.

SUBMITTER: Cao R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2960155 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature