Crystal structure of chloro-bridged one-dimensional mixed-valence gold complex with empirical formula [AuCl2{S(C7H7)2}].

The crystal structure of the title compound is determined by X-ray analysis. The chloro-bridged one-dimensional structure is identified. The bridging chlorine atom has a positional disorder in the crystal. The two one-dimensional chains stack in a face-to-face form with an interchain distance of 3.32 Å.