Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 1(51), p. 62-65
DOI: 10.1039/c4cc07772e
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Herein we report robust methods for the preparation and full characterisation of a range of Ir(i) and Rh(i) fluoride and bifluoride complexes using N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) as ancillary ligands. The processes that link the fluoride and the bifluoride species are investigated and reports of the first Ir-bifluoride and Ir(i)-NHC and Rh(i)-NHC trifluoromethyl complexes are revealed.