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James Kovach1, Suzanne R Golisz1, William W Brennessel1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, United States.
Abstract:
Iridium(I) complexes of the type IrX(olefin)(α-diimine) (α-diimine = 1,4-bis(2,6-xylyl)-2,3-dimethyl-1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene; X = Cl, I, Me, O2CCF3; olefin = ethylene, cyclooctene (COE)) were synthesized from the readily available precursor [IrCl(COE)2]2. These complexes display unusual 1H NMR spectra and have large UV-vis extinction coefficients. NOESY and HSQC NMR experiments were used to provide rigorous NMR spectral assignments, and IrCl(C2H4)(α-diimine), 1, and IrCl(COE)(α-diimine), 4, were structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography. The related rhodium complex [RhCl(α-diimine)]2, 6, was also synthesized and characterized by NMR and X-ray crystallography. 6 was observed to be in equilibrium with RhCl(C2H4)(α-diimine), 7, under an ethylene atmosphere.
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