IrIII pthalocyaninates: Synthesis and poperties of di(halo)phthalocyaninato(1-)-iridium(III) and di(halo)phthalocyaninato(2-)iridate(III)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/zaac.19976230147

Hexachloroiridate(IV) reacts with boiling phthalodinitrile yielding chloro(phthalodinitrile)phthalocyaninato(2-)-iridium(III), which is reduced with boranate to di(phthalocyaninato(2-)iridium(II)). The last is oxidized by air forming deep blue di(hydroxo)