Synthesis and Characterization of Aminocarboxylato Iridium(III) Complexes

Kooti, Mohammad; Merola, Joseph S.

doi:10.30492/ijcce.1997.10324

Synthesis and Characterization of Aminocarboxylato Iridium(III) Complexes

Document Type : Research Note

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Mohammad Kooti ¹
Joseph S. Merola ²

¹ Department of Chemistry, Shahid Chamran University, Zip code 61355, Ahwaz, I.R. IRAN

² Department of Chemistry, Virgina Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 2406, USA

10.30492/ijcce.1997.10324

Abstract

Aminocarboxylic acids, such as 2-aminobenzoic acid, react easily with [Ir(COD)(PMe₃)₃]Cl, (COD=1,5-cyclooctadiene), in THF to produce hydridoaminocarboxylato iridium(III) complexes in high yields. These octahedral complexes are formed via oxidative addition reaction of the O-H bond of the carboxylic group with the central metal. The starting iridium(I) complex losses the COD molecule, the chloride is coordinated to the metal and the phosphine groups take a meridional position in the final products which are characterized by ¹H, ¹³C and ³¹P NMR spectroscopies.

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