Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 9(48), p. 1260-1262
DOI: 10.1039/c2cc16327f
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Palladium-catalysed direct 5-arylation of metallated thiophenes of fac-Ir(N^C(3')-thpy)(3) with aryl bromides via C-H bond functionalisation allows the synthesis of a variety of new Ir complexes in only one step (thpyH = 2,2'-thienylpyridine). The method offers simple modification of the nature of the ligand and hence of the photophysical properties of such complexes.