Open AccessTwo polymorphs of chlorido(cyclohexyldiphenylphosphine)gold(I)
Author(s) -
Guzei Ilia A.,
Arachchige Indika,
Ivanov Sergei A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section c
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1600-5759
pISSN - 0108-2701
DOI - 10.1107/s0108270110001861
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , chemistry , materials science
The title compound, [AuCl(C 18 H 21 P)], a monomeric two‐coordinate gold(I) complex, has been characterized at 100 K as two distinct monoclinic polymorphs, one from a single crystal, (I s ), and one from a pseudo‐merohedrally twinned crystal, (I t ). The molecular structures in the two monoclinic [ P 2 1 / n for (I s ) and P 2 1 / c for (I t )] polymorphs are similar; however, the packing arrangements in the two lattices differ considerably. The structure of (I t ) is pseudo‐merohedrally twinned by a twofold rotation about the a * axis.