Abstract

AbstractThe reaction of [{Ir(µ-Cl)(coe)2}2] (1, coe =cis-cyclooctene) with the bulky tertiary phosphane P(o-tolyl)3in dichloromethane at room temperature was investigated. It afforded in good yield the tri-coordinate iridium(I) complex [IrCl{P(o-tolyl)3}2] (2) which was characterized in the solid state by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study revealing a molecular structure of a rare tri-coordinate complex. The iridium(I) complex is stabilized by an agostic interaction of a hydrogen atom from the methyl group of the bulky phosphane ligand to fill the fourth unsaturated coordination site. The title compound crystallized from dichloromethane/diethyl ether as orange crystals in a mixture of two modifications (monoclinicP21/c,2a, and orthorhombicPbca,2b). The co-existence of the two components as a nearly 1:1 mixture in the crystalline bulk material was supported by solid-state31P{1H} NMR measurements.

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