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An iridium(iii/iv/v) redox series featuring a terminal imido complex with triplet ground state
Markus Kinauer1, Martin Diefenbach2, Heiko Bamberger3
1Universität Göttingen , Institut für Anorganische Chemie , Tammannstr. 4 , 37077 Göttingen , Germany .
Abstract:
The iridium(iii/iv/v) imido redox series [Ir(NtBu){N(CHCHPtBu2)2}]0/+/2+ was synthesized and examined spectroscopically, magnetically, crystallographically and computationally. The monocationic iridium(iv) imide exhibits an electronic doublet ground state with considerable 'imidyl' character as a result of covalent Ir-NtBu bonding. Reduction gives the neutral imide [Ir(NtBu){N(CHCHPtBu2)2}] as the first example of an iridium complex with a triplet ground state. Its reactivity with respect to nitrene transfer to selected electrophiles (CO2) and nucleophiles (PMe3), respectively, is reported.
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