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Synthesis and X-ray structure of an unusual iridium ylide or carbene complex

H. D. EMPSALL, Eileen M. Hyde, Richard Markham, Walter S. McDonald, Michael C. Norton, Bernard L. Shaw, Brian Weeks

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1977 · 136 citations · 0 references

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Natural SciencesChemistryCrystal StructureInorganic ChemistryOrganometallic ChemistryCarbene ComplexesCrystal ChemistryCrystallographyX-ray CrystallographyX-ray DiffractionCarbene Complex CrystallographyCarbene Complex ReactivityCarbene Complex SynthesisX-ray Crystallography ComputationX-ray Crystallography Of Carbyne ComplexesX-ray Diffraction AnalysisX-ray Structure Determination

Abstract

IrCl3 reacts with But2P[CH2]5PBut2 to give [[graphic omitted]] which loses dihydrogen reversibly to give [[graphic omitted]], the structure of which has been determined by X-ray diffraction.