Crystal Structure of Iridium(III) trans-Trifluoroacetylacetonate

Single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis is used to determine the structure of iridium(III) trans- trifluoroacetylacetonate at 150 K. The crystallographic data for trans- C₁₅H₁₂F₉O₆Ir are as follows: a =13.4334(5) ?, b = 14.9136(6) ?, c = 19.4229(8) ?, space group Pcab, V = 3891.2(3) ?³, Z=8, d_x = 2.224 g/cm³, R = 0.0236. The structure is molecular. The metal atom coordinates six oxygen atoms of three β-diketonate ligands of β-diketone. The Ir-O distances are within the range of 2.00 ? to 2.02 ?; the average value is 2.011(6) ?; the average value of the chelate angle∠O-Ir-O is 95.2(5)°. In the crystal, the molecules are bound only by van der Waals interactions; six shortest Ir…Ir distances in the structure are within the range of 7.469-9.712 ?.