Reactions ofHIr(CO)(P(
p-tolyl)
3)
3 withSO
2, O
2, mixtures of SO
2 andO
2,
and H
2SO
4 are described.Reactionswith mixtures of SO
2/O
2 and withH
2SO
4 lead to a common product,Ir
2H
4(
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-SO
4)(P(
p-tolyl)
3)
6,where a bidentateSO
42- bridges the iridiumcenters. The complexHIr(CO)(P(
p-tolyl)
3)
3 isstable toward O
2 but reacts readily withSO
2 to giveHIr(CO)(SO
2)(P(
p-tolyl)
3)
2,which was characterized by a crystal structure determination. ThespeciesIr(CO)(H)(SO
2)(P(
p-tolyl)
3)
2crystallizes in the centrosymmetric triclinic space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
with
a = 10.675(1)Å,
b = 10.882(1) Å,
c = 17.740(2) Å,
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= 84.626(10)
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,
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= 83.432(10)
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,
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=87.043(10)
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,
V = 2036.6(3) Å
3,
andZ = 2. Diffraction data (Mo K
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, 2
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=4.5-45.0
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) were collected on a Siemens R3m/V diffractometer,
andthestructure was refined to
R = 3.00% for 4218 independentreflections with
Fo >6
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(
Fo). Thefive-coordinateiridium(I) center has a distorted environment (closer to trigonalbipyramidal than to square pyramidal) with H(1)-Ir(1)-S(1) = 171.4(23)
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. Bond lengths are Ir-P= 2.303(2)
and 2.320(2) Å, Ir-SO
2 =2.372(2) Å, Ir-CO =1.906(8) Å,
and Ir-H = 1.65(7) Å. TheSO
2 lig
and has bond distances of S(1)-O(1) =1.442(7)
and S(1)-O(2)= 1.441(7) Å, with O(1)-S(1)-O(2) =113.1(4)
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.