Reactions of a unidentate bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm) complex Cp*IrCl
2(
1-dppm) (
1) with 2 equiv of NaOR (R = Et, Me, or
iPr) give ring-methyl-alkoxylated complexes(C
5Me
4CH
2OR)Ir(
2-dppm) [R = Et (
5a); R = Me (
5b); R =
iPr (
5c)], respectively. Cationiccomplexes [Cp*IrCl(
2-dppm)]OTf (
2), [Cp*IrCl{P(OPh)
3}
2]OTf (
3), and [Cp*IrCl(PPh
3)
2]OTf(
4) react with 2 equiv of NaOEt to give (C
5Me
4CH
2OEt)IrL
2 [L
2 = dppm (
5a); L = P(OPh)
3(
6a); L = PPh
3 (
7a)], respectively. The complex
3 reacts with 2 equiv of NaO
tBu in ethanol,methanol, 2-propanol, allyl alcohol, or propargyl alcohol to give (C
5Me
4CH
2OR)Ir{P(OPh)
3}
2[R = Et (
6a); R = Me (
6b); R =
iPr (
6c); R = allyl (
6d); R = propargyl (
6e)], respectively.Furthermore, treatment of
3 with 2 equiv of
nBuLi and excess diethylamine, propylamine,
N-methylaniline, or aniline in triethylamine as solvent gives ring-methyl aminated complexes(C
5Me
4CH
2NR
1R
2)Ir{P(OPh)
3}
2 [R
1 = R
2 = Et (
8a); R
1 =
nPr, R
2 = H (
8b); R
1 = Ph, R
2 = Me(
8c); R
1 = Ph, R
2 = H (
8d)], respectively. The structure of
8a has been confirmed by X-rayanalysis.