Onderdelinden, A. L.; van der Ent, A. Inorg. Chim. Acta 1972, 6, 420.
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"...Bis[ p-chlorobis(cyclooctene)iridium(I), [Ir(Cl(C8H14)2]2 (la) was prepared in high yield by refluxing ammonium chloroiridite, (NH4)3IrCl6.H20, with cyclooctene in a 2-propanol/water mixture. Chlorotetrakis(ethylene)iridium(I), IrCl(C2H4)4 (2), is prepared by treating a suspension of la in heptane with ethylene at 0°C and subsequently cooling to -50°C. Up to 100°C it is stable under ethylene* under nitrogen it is only stable below about -50°C. At higher temperatures, it looses two molecules of ethylene and dimerizes to [IrCl(C2H4)2]2 (3)..."
Article Chloro- and bromo-(alkene)iridium(I) complexes
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