The reactions of the diiridium methyl complex [Ir
2(CH
3)(CO)(
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-CO)(dppm)
2][CF
3SO
3] (
1)with ethylene, fluoroethylene,
Z-1,2-difluoroethylene, 1,1-difluoroethylene, trifluoroethylene,and tetrafluoroethylene have been investigated. Reaction of
1 with ethylene at -78
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C yields[Ir
2H(
2-C
2H
4)(CO)
2(
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-CH
2)(dppm)
2][CF
3SO
3] (
2a), resulting from C-H activation of themethyl group induced by ethylene coordination, whereas reaction at higher temperaturesyields the simple ethylene adduct [Ir
2(CH
3)(CO)(
2-C
2H
4)(
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-CO)(dppm)
2][CF
3SO
3] (
2b).Reactions of
1 with fluoroethylene and
Z-1,2-difluoroethylene yield only the olefin adductsanalogous to
2b. At -78
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C reaction with 1,1-difluoroethylene yields the methylene-bridgedhydride product [Ir
2H(
2-C
2F
2H
2)(CO)
2(
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-CH
2)(dppm)
2][CF
3SO
3] (
5a), which upon warming,yields first the olefin adduct [Ir
2(CH
3)(CO)(
2-C
2F
2H
2)(
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-CO)(dppm)
2][CF
3SO
3] (
5b) followedby the olefin-bridged product [Ir
2(CH
3)(CO)
2(
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-C
2F
2H
2)(dppm)
2][CF
3SO
3] (
5c). Trifluoro- andtetrafluoroethylene yield only the olefin-bridged products [Ir
2(CH
3)(CO)
2(
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-olefin)(dppm)
2][CF
3SO
3] (olefin = C
2F
3H (
6), C
2F
4 (
7)). The structure of the tetrafluoroethylene-bridged,tricarbonyl species [Ir
2(CH
3)(CO)
3(
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-C
2F
4)(dppm)
2][CF
3SO
3] (
8), determined by X-ray techniques, is reported.