Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1304  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808029814 ]

{2,6-Bis[(di-tert-butylphosphino)methyl]phenyl}chloridonickel(II)

B. J. Boro, D. A. Dickie, K. I. Goldberg and R. A. Kemp

Abstract: In the title compound, [Ni(C₂₄H₄₃P₂)Cl], the Ni atom adopts a distorted square-planar geometry, with the P atoms of the 2,6-bis[(di-tert-butylphosphino)methyl]phenyl ligand trans to one another. The P-Ni-P plane is twisted out of the plane of the aromatic ring by 21.97 (6)°.

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