Mixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry. 22. Synthesis and Crystallographic, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Studies of Alkyne-Coordinated Group 6-Iridium Clusters Linked by Phenyleneethynylene Groups

Lucas, NigelNotaras, EleniPetrie, SimonStranger, RobertHumphrey, Mark2015-12-132015-12-130276-7333http://hdl.handle.net/1885/76273Reaction between the tetrahedral cluster compound Mo2Ir2(CO)10(η5-C5 H4Me)2 (1) and 1-iodo-4-(oct-1′-ynyl)benzene afforded the pseudooctahedral cluster Mo2Ir2 {μ4-η2-Me(CH2)5 C2-4-C6 H4I}(CO)8 (η5-C5H4Me)2 (7). Similar reactions of 1 and W2Ir2(CO)10Keywords: Iridium clusters; Mixed metal cluster chemistry; Phenyleneethynylene groups; Crystallography; Cyclic voltammetry; Electrochemistry; Iridium compounds; Isomers; Numerical analysis; Oxidation; Probability density function; Reduction; Single crystals; SyntheMixed-Metal Cluster Chemistry. 22. Synthesis and Crystallographic, Electrochemical, and Theoretical Studies of Alkyne-Coordinated Group 6-Iridium Clusters Linked by Phenyleneethynylene Groups200310.1021/om020910k2015-12-11