Crystal structure of chlorido­[diphen­yl(thio­phen-2-yl)phosphine-κP]gold(I)

The crystal structure of the title compound, [AuCl(C(16)H(13)PS)], is reported. The mol­ecular structure features a nearly linear arrangement of the chloride and phosphino ligands around the gold(I) center, with a P—Au—Cl bond angle of 179.42 (9)°. The Au—P and Au—Cl bond lengths are 2.226 (2) and 2.287 (2) Å, respectively. The geometry of the groups bonded to the phospho­rus atom of the ligand is a slightly distorted tetra­hedron. The phenyl and thienyl rings of the ligand are extensively disordered, with the thienyl refined over all three possible positions on the phospho­rus atom. The relative occupancy ratio between these positions was found to be 0.406 (3):0.406 (2):0.188 (2). One of the major thienyl ring positions with the relative occupancy of 0.406 was modeled as two rotational isomers around the C—P bond with a relative occupancy ratio of 0.278 (3):0.128 (3). Inter­molecular C—H⋯π inter­actions present in the crystal lattice link mol­ecules of the title compound together to form a complex three-dimensional network.