Chloro­bis­(tri­phenyl­phosphine)­nickel(I)

Crystals of the title compound, NiCl(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂], contain one mol­ecule per asymmetric unit with no short intermolecular interactions. This is noteworthy since previous studies have reported that the formally 15‐electron species oligomerizes in the solid state. The nickel(I) centre has a distorted trigonal–planar coordination geometry, the origin of which is suggested to be electronic in nature.