Water addition to a two-electron mixed-valence bimetallic center

摘要

Water adds to the two-electron mixed-valence Ir-2(0,II) core of Ir-2(tfepma)(3)Cl-2 (tfepma=MeN[P(OCH2CF3)(2)](2)) to cleanly generate an Ir-2(I,III) hydride. Dehydrohalogenation across the Ir-Ir bond returns the complex to an Ir-2(0,II) species.