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The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Ir2Cl4(C12H19)2], a versatile starting material for the preparation of uniquely substituted pentaalkylcyclopentadienyl–iridium complexes, consists of an iridium(III) atom, a substituted cyclopentadienyl ligand and two chlorine ligands. The full dimer is generated by an inversion center. In the dimer, the two IrIII atoms and two bridging Cl atoms form a perfectly planar ring. The two IrIII atoms and the two terminal Cl atoms also form a rigorous plane that is orthogonal [89.48 (3)°] to the Ir2Cl2 ring. The plane of the cyclopentadienyl ligand forms a dihedral angle of 54.06 (7)° with respect to the Ir2Cl2 ring.
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The title half-sandwich rhodium(III) complex, [Rh(C10H15)(C7H7O3S)2(H2O)]·H2O, consists of a π-bonded pentamethylcyclopentadienyl group, two σ-bonded tosylate groups and an aqua ligand. The structure displays both inter- and intramolecular O—HO hydrogen bonding. The intermolecular hydrogen bonding results in an extended helical chain along a 21 screw axis parallel to c, due to hydrogen bonding from the coordinating water ligand to the lattice water molecule and then to a sulfonate O atom of a different asymmetric unit.
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The title complex salt, (C12H16NO2)[PdCl2(C12H14NO2)], is of interest with respect to organic and organometallic catalysis. The compound crystallizes as very small orange–red irregular prisms and the asymmetric unit contains three crystallographically distinct cation–anion pairs. The coordination geometry about the palladium atoms is square-planar with the chloride ligands cis to one another. The structure displays N—HCl and O—HO hydrogen bonding such that the N—HCl hydrogen bonds align the cation–anion pairs in a linear fashion along [001], with the O—HO hydrogen bonds connecting these linear strands along [100] and [010].
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The title compound, [Co(C10H15)2]2[CoCl4]·2CH2Cl2, was isolated as a dichloromethane solvate and was formed in the reaction between lithium pentamethylcyclopentadienide and anyhydrous cobalt(II) chloride in tetrahydrofuran. There are two decamethylcobaltocenium cations, one tetrachloridocobaltate(II) anion and two dichloromethane solvent molecules in the formula unit. There is a slight disorder of the dichloromethane solvent which was treated with a two-site model [occupancy rates = 0.765 (4) and 0.235 (4)]. The dichloromethane molecules display significant C—HCl interactions with the tetrachloridocobaltate(II) dianion. The cobalt atom of the decamethylcobaltocenium cation sits on a twofold rotation axis, with only one pentamethylcyclopentadiene ligand being unique and the second generated by symmetry. The cobalt atom of the [CoCl4]−2 ion sits on a special site with -4 symmetry, with one unique chloride ligand and the others generated by the fourfold inversion axis.
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The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ir(C9H7)(C2H4)2], consists of two independent molecules. The bonding between iridium and the five-membered ring of the indenyl ligand shows the usual asymmetry associated with the typical ring slippage responsible for the enhanced activity of indenyl metal compounds when compared with the analogous cyclopentadienyl metal compound. There are three short Ir—C bonds of 2.210 (3), 2.190 (4) and 2.220 (3) Å and two long Ir—C bonds to the C atoms that are part of the fused six-membered ring of 2.349 (4) and 2.366 (3) Å for one of the independent molecules [2.208 (4), 2.222 (3), 2.197 (4) Å for the short distances and 2.371 (3) and 2.358 (3) Å for the long distances in the second molecule]. This results in both indenyl ligands being slightly kinked, with dihedral angles of 6.8 (4)° and 6.5 (4)°.