The title compound, [IrZnI(CH)(CHP)]·0.5CH or [Cp*(PMe)Ir]-[ZnI] (Cp* = -CMe) was obtained and characterized as its benzene solvate [Cp*(PMe)Ir]-[ZnI]·0.5CH.
The study introduces new methods for creating 1- and 2-adamantyl anion equivalents using commercially available 1- and 2-adamantylzinc bromides and reducing metals like magnesium and lithium.
Adamantylmagnesium bromides were successfully produced by reacting adamantylzinc bromides with excess magnesium, resulting in two new diadamantylzinc species that can be isolated without impurities.
The generated adamantyl anions were then employed to generate novel adamantyl metal complexes, including the first unsupported 2-adamantyl metal complexes, with notable examples like 1- and 2-AdHg and 2-AdBiBr being isolated and structurally characterized.*