trans-Chlorido(phenanthren-9-yl)bis(triphenylphosphane)nickel(II)

The title compound, [Ni(C14H9)Cl(C18H15P)2], was synthesized from the reaction between 9-chlorophenanthrene, NiCl2·6H2O and triphenylphosphane in ethanol. The bond angles around the NiII atom indicate that it exists in a slightly distorted square-planar geometry