(4-Chloroacetanilido-κ2N,O)bis[2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl-κ2C1,N]iridium(III)

• Main Authors: Lijun Sun, Songlin Zhang, Qijun Song
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2013-02-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S1600536813000433

In the neutral mononuclear iridium(III) title compound, [Ir(C8H7ClNO)(C11H8N)2], the IrIII atom adopts an octahedral geometry, and is coordinated by two 2-phenylpyridyl ligands and one anionic 4-chloroacetanilide ligand. The 2-phenylpyridyl ligands are arranged in a cis-C,C′ and cis-N,N′ fashion. Each 2-phenylpyridyl ligand forms a five-membered ring with the IrIII atom. The 2-phenylpyridyl planes are perpendicular to each other [dihedral angle = 89.9 (1)°]. The Ir—C and Ir—N bond lengths are comparable to those reported for related iridium(III) 2-phenylpyridyl complexes. The remaining two coordination sites are occupied by the amidate N and O atoms, which form a four-membered ring with the iridium atom (Ir—N—C—O). The amidate plane is nearly perpendicular to both 2-phenylpyridyl ligands [dihedral angles = 87.8 (2) and 88.3 (2)°].