  {\beta} decay of neutron-rich isotopes 43,45 S,studied at the National
Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory is reported here. {\beta} delayed {\gamma}
transitions were detected by an array of 16 clover detectors surrounding the
Beta Counting Station which consists of a 40x40 Double Sided Silicon Strip
Detector followed by a Single Sided Silicon Strip Detector. {\beta} decay
half-lives have been extracted for 43,45 S by correlating implants and decays
in the pixelated implant detector with further coincidence with {\gamma}
transitions in the daughter nucleus. The level structure of 43,45 Cl is
expanded by the addition of 20 new {\gamma} transitions in 43Cl and 8 in 45 Cl
with the observation of core excited negative-parity states for the first time.
For 45 S decay, a large fraction of the {\beta} decay strength goes to delayed
neutron emission populating states in 44 Cl which are also presented.
Comparison of experimental observations is made to detailed shell-model
calculations using the SDPFSDG-MU interaction to highlight the role of the
diminished N = 28 neutron shell gap and the near degeneracy of the proton s 1/2
and d 3/2 orbitals on the structure of the neutron-rich Cl isotopes. The
current work also provides further support to a ground state spin-parity
assignment of 3/2 + in 45 Cl.
