Abstract

A series of chiral N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-iridium complexes of general formula [(NHC*)Ir(diene)Cl] bearing TFB (tetrafluorobenzobarrelene), TCB (tetrachlorobenzobarrelene), BB (benzobarrelene), and COD (cyclooctadiene) as diene ligands were synthesized and fully characterized. Chiral NHC ligands used were of the type previously reported from our group, with backbone stereocenters as well as axial chirality present. The cationic NHC-iridium complexes [(NHC*)Ir(diene)][PF6] were obtained via chloride abstraction from [(NHC*)Ir(diene)Cl] with AgPF6. X-ray crystallographic data for some of the neutral and cationic complexes were obtained and analyzed. The topographic steric bulk of the chiral NHC ligands was calculated using the SambVca 2.0 program. While attempting to get a single crystal of the unstable (Ra,Ra,S,S)-[(DiPh-2-SICyoctNap)Ir(BB)][PF6] complex, a decomposition product with an unexpected pincer-type NHC*-diene ligand was obtained. The series of chiral cationic NHC-iridium complexes were eit...

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