Acta Crystallographica Section E (Nov 2011)

Chlorido{N-[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)benzyl]-1-(pyridin-2-yl)methanamine-κP}gold(I)

  • Telisha Traut,
  • Frederik H. Kriel,
  • Werner E. van Zyl,
  • D. Bradley G. Williams

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811044205
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 67, no. 11
pp. m1625 – m1625

Abstract

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In the title compound, [AuCl(C25H23N2P)], the AuI atom is in a typical almost linear coordination environment defined by phosphane P and Cl atoms [bond angle = 175.48 (4)°]. Helical supramolecular chains along the b axis and mediated by N—H...Cl hydrogen bonds feature in the crystal packing.