Carbon monoxide activation by iridium(III) dicationic carbonyl complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/om00122a029

The cationic cis- and trans-IrX(CO)(dppe)₂²⁺ (X = H, Cl) species react with nucleophiles, such as H₂O, OH^-, and H^-, to afford hydroxycarbonyl and formyl cations of Ir(III) typified by the species tran