Reaction of the Ir(I) butadiene compound Tp
Me2Ir(
4-CH
2=C(Me)C(Me)=CH
2) with the a
lkyneMe
3SiC
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CSiMe
3 gives the viny
lidene
TpMe2Ir(CH2C(Me)=C(Me)CH2)(=C=C(SiMe3)2) (
1). A re
latedviny
lidene
2 forms when Tp
Me2Ir(Ph)
2(N
2) is reacted with Me
3SiC
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CSiMe
3. Compounds
1 and
2 havebeen characterized by microana
lysis and spectroscopy (IR,
1H and
13C{
1H} NMR data), and in additionthe mo
lecu
lar structure of
1 has been determined by X-ray diffraction. The reactions of these compoundswith different protic acids have been investigated. Thus, the viny
lidene
2 gives rise to the cationic a
lky
lidene[Tp
Me2Ir(Ph)(Et
2O)(=C(Me)Ph)]BF
4 (
3) when treated with HBF
4, to the neutra
l ch
lorocarbene Tp
Me2Ir(Ph)(C
l)(=C(Me)Ph) (
4) upon reaction with HC
l, and to the neutra
l a
lky
lidene Tp
Me2Ir(Ph)(
1-O
2CCF
3)(=C(Me)Ph) (
5) by action of CF
3COOH. In turn the viny
lidene species
1 and CF
3COOH give rise to theiridabenzene compound
TpMe2Ir(H)(CHC(Me)C(Me)CHC(Me)) (
6), characterized in the so
lid state byX-ray crysta
llography.