Synthesis, Structure, and Properties of Nontrivial Iridium(III) Complexes Based on Anthracene-Decorated Benzimidazole Ligand

Reactions of iridium trichloride hydrate with bulky 2-(9-anthracenyl)-1-phenyl-benzimidazole (anbi) in the presence of N-donor ligands afforded a number of unique noncyclometalated complexes, while attempts to prepare a common μ-chloro-bridged bis-cyclometalated dimer systematically gave a monocyclometalated complex