In the neutral mononuclear iridium(III) title compound, [Ir(C(8)H(7)ClNO)(C(11)H(8)N)(2)], the Ir(III) atom adopts an octa-hedral geometry, and is coordinated by two 2-phenyl-pyridyl ligands and one anionic 4-chloro-acetanilide ligand. The 2-phenyl-pyridyl ligands are arranged in a cis-C,C' and cis-N,N' fashion. Each 2-phenyl-pyridyl ligand forms a five-membered ring with the Ir(III) atom. The ...

A highly selective (>99%) tandem catalytic system for the conversion of ethanol (up to 37%) to n-butanol, through the Guerbet process, has been developed using a bifunctional iridium catalyst coupled with bulky nickel or copper hydroxides. These sterically crowded nickel and copper hydroxides catalyze the key aldol coupling reaction of acetaldehyde to exclusively yield the C4 coupling product, ...

The complex iridium oxide Na3Ir3O8 with a B-site ordered spinel structure was synthesized in single crystalline form, where the chiral hyper-kagome lattice of Ir ions, as observed in the spin-liquid candidate Na4Ir3O8, was identified. The average valence of Ir is 4.33+ and, therefore, Na3Ir3O8 can be viewed as a doped analogue of the hyper-kagome spin liquid with Ir(4+). The transport measureme...

Figure 2. H NMR spectra of (a) [R4N ]2[IrX6 2−] in toluene-d8 obtained after mixing the organic (toluene-d8) layer of TOAB (2.0 mmol) and the aqueous (D2O) layer of K2IrCl6 (0.4 mmol), (b) 1-dodecanthiol (0.8 mmol) added to a, (c) 1-dodecanthiol (1.6 mmol) added to a, (d) NaBH4 (4.0 mmol) added to c, (e) S-dodecylthiosulfate (0.8 mmol) added to a, and (f) Ir nanoparticle in CDCl3 after purifica...

1,4-Metal migrations enable the remote functionalization of C-H bonds, and have been utilized in a wide variety of valuable synthetic methods. The vast majority of existing examples involve the 1,4-migration of palladium or rhodium. Herein, the stereoselective synthesis of complex polycycles by the iridium-catalyzed arylative cyclization of alkynones with arylboronic acids is described. To our ...

The two title clusters were formed during iridium-catalyzed glycerol dehydrogenation and display a remarkably high NHC content. They were crystallized in either agarose or polyethylene oxide gel matrices, while more conventional crystallization techniques proved unsuccessful. Cluster [Ir4(IMe)8H9](3+), with a net charge of +3, was only crystallizable with a polyoxometalate Keggin trianion. The ...

A series of triscyclometalated iridium complexes with oligofluorene-substituted ppy ligands manifest impressive two- and three-photon absorption properties. In particular, a star-shaped complex bearing three carbazole-terminated trifluorenyl ppy demonstrates a large three-photon absorption cross section up to 81 × 10(-78) cm(6) s(2) photon(-2). In combination with optimal phosphorescence quantu...

A series of cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes with 2-phenylquinoline ligand (1-4) were designed and synthesized, which were thoroughly investigated by the photophysics, electrochemistry, theoretical calculations and electrochemiluminescence (ECL). By incorporating methyl groups into the 2-phenylquinoline, the corresponding complexes 2 and 3 displayed lower oxidative potential and higher HOM...

A G-quadruplex-based switch-on luminescence assay has been developed for the detection of gene deletion using a cyclometallated iridium(III) complex as a G-quadruplex-selective probe. Upon hybridization with the target DNA, the two split G-quadruplex-forming sequences assemble into a split G-quadruplex, which greatly enhances the luminescence emission of the iridium(III) probe. The assay is sim...

We have devised a highly regio- and enantioselective iridium-catalyzed allylic amination reaction with the sulfur-stabilized aza-ylide, S,S-diphenylsulfilimine. This process provides a robust and scalable method for the construction of aryl-, alkyl- and alkenyl-substituted C-chiral allylic sulfilimines, which are important functional groups for organic synthesis. Additionally, the combination o...