Iridium acetylacetonate

Structural formula
General
Surname	Iridium acetylacetonate
other names	Iridium (III) -2,4-pentanedionate; Iridium (III) acetylacetonate; Ir (acac) 3;
Molecular formula	C 15 H 21 IrO 6
Brief description	orange solid
External identifiers / databases
EC number	239-711-8
ECHA InfoCard	100,036,086
PubChem	13879543
ChemSpider	10745901
Wikidata	Q15426667
properties
Molar mass	489.53 g mol −1
Physical state	firmly
Melting point	269-271 ° C
solubility	practically insoluble in water; soluble in chloroform and benzene ; slightly soluble in ethanol and methanol ;
safety instructions
H and P phrases	H: 302-312-315-319-332-335-351
	P: 261-280-305 + 351 + 338
	As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Iridium acetylacetonate is a chemical compound of iridium from the group of acetylacetonate .

Extraction and presentation

Iridium acetylacetonate can be obtained by reacting iridium (III) hydroxide or iridium (III) chloride with acetylacetone .

properties

Iridium acetylacetonate is an orange solid that is practically insoluble in water. It has a monoclinic crystal structure with the space group P 2 ₁ / b (space group no. 14, position 4) . Template: room group / 14.4

use

Iridium acetylacetonate is used as a photo-reducing agent, as a starting material for the production of Ir-C thin films and as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of sulfur-containing compounds. It is also used in various catalytic reactions in organic synthesis, including carbon nanostructures.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h data sheet Iridium (III) 2,4-pentanedionate, Ir 37.5% min from AlfaAesar, accessed on May 12, 2019 ( PDF )(JavaScript required) .
↑ ^a ^b data sheet Iridium (III) acetylacetonate, 97% from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on May 12, 2019 ( PDF ).
↑ Google Patents: EP1088812A2 - Process for the production of Tris (acetylacetonato) -Iridium- (III) - Google Patents , accessed on May 12, 2019
↑ VG Isakova, IA Baidina, NB Morozova, IK Igumenov, VB Rybakov: Synthesis and crystal structure determination of iridium (III) acetylacetonate and its Br-and I-substituiertem analogs. In: Journal of Structural Chemistry. 40, 1999, p. 276, doi : 10.1007 / BF02903657 .

[Alfa-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h data sheet Iridium (III) 2,4-pentanedionate, Ir 37.5% min from AlfaAesar, accessed on May 12, 2019 ( PDF )(JavaScript required) .

[Sigma-2] ta sheet Iridium (III) acetylacetonate, 97% from Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on May 12, 2019 ( PDF ).

[google.com-3] Google Patents: EP1088812A2 - Process for the production of Tris (acetylacetonato) -Iridium- (III) - Google Patents , accessed on May 12, 2019

[DOI10.1007/BF02903657-4] VG Isakova, IA Baidina, NB Morozova, IK Igumenov, VB Rybakov: Synthesis and crystal structure determination of iridium (III) acetylacetonate and its Br-and I-substituiertem analogs. In: Journal of Structural Chemistry. 40, 1999, p. 276, doi : 10.1007 / BF02903657 .