Crystal and Molecular Structure of mer-cis-(PEt2Ph)2(PPri3)H-trans-Cl2IrIII

Abstract

The structure of mer-cis-(PEt2Ph)2(PPri3)H-trans-Cl2IrIII (4) has been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Crystals are monoclinic, space group P21/c, with a 11.607(1), b 21.553(1), c 14.066(1) Ǻ, β 109.04(1)? and Z 4. Structure refinement by full-matrix least-squares analysis (3244 unique reflections, 316 parameters) converged with R 0.034 and Rw 0.041. The PEt2Ph ligands are similarly disposed to their PMe2Ph counterparts in mer-cis-(PEt2Ph)2(PPri3)H-trans-Cl2IrIII (2) but the PPri3 ligands are differently oriented and differently configured. Metal-ligand distances [ Ir -P(1,2,3) 2.333(2), 2.404(2), 2.368(2) Ǻ; Ir-Cl (1,2) 2.388(2), 2.400(2) Ǻ] are all within c. 0.02 Ǻ of those in (2). The P-Ir -P(trans) angle is 155.3(1)°.