Adam S. Veige and Daniel G. Nocera
Chem. Commun., 2004, 1958-1959
DOI:
10.1039/B402426E,
Communication
Water adds to the two-electron mixed-valence Ir0,II2 core of Ir2(tfepma)3Cl2 (tfepma = MeN[P(OCH2CF3)2]2) to cleanly generate an IrI,III2 hydride. Dehydrohalogenation across the Ir–Ir bond returns the complex to an Ir0,II2 species.