RT Journal Article T1 2,5-Norbornadiene C–C coupling reactions mediated by Iridium complexes A1 Betoré, M. Pilar A1 Casado González, Miguel Ángel A1 García Orduña, Pilar A1 Lahoz, Fernando J. A1 Polo, Víctor A1 Oro, Luis A. AB The treatment of [(Ir(μ-Cl)(cod))2] (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) with 2,5-norbornadiene (nbd) in the presence of triethylphosphane under an atmosphere of ammonia afforded the cation complex [Ir(κC,κC-C21H24)(NH3)3(PEt3)]Cl (1a) and complex [Ir(κC,κC-C21H24)Cl(NH3)2(PEt3)] (1b), the structures of which include a novel seven-membered iridacycle formed by three half-coupled nbd molecules. The formation of the metallacycle has been found to occur through several steps. First, the nbd displaces the cod in [(Ir(μ-Cl)(cod))2] to give the IrIII chloro-bridged complex [(Ir(κC,κC-C14H16)(μ-Cl)(η4-C7H8))2] (2), which bears a η4-C=C-coordinated nbd and a five-membered iridacycle formed by two half-coupled nbd moieties. Further reaction with PEt3 induces the C-C coupling between the iridacycle and the coordinated nbd to give the chloro-bridged complex [(Ir(κC,κC-C21H24)(μ-Cl)(PEt3))2] (4). Finally, 4 reacts with gaseous ammonia to split the chloro bridges and form species 1a and 1b. Also, complex 2 was found to react with several donor ligands to afford the corresponding mononuclear adducts [Ir(κC,κC-C14H16)Cl(η4-C7H8)(L)] [L = py (5), NH3 (6), PMe2Ph (7), tBuNC (8)]. The X-ray molecular structures of 5, 7 and 8 show the presence of a five-membered iridacycle, but their stereochemistries differ by virtue of the relative locations of the respective added ligand. PB Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH SN 1099-0682 YR 2016 FD 2016-07 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23112 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23112 LA eng NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO) /FEDER NO Diputación General de Aragón DS Docta Complutense RD 6 abr 2025