Iridium(iii) complexes of the new tridentate bis(8-quinolyl)silyl (‘NSiN’) ligand

Bis(8-quinolyl)methylsilane reacts cleanly with [Ir(coe)2Cl]2 (coe = cyclooctene) to give a complex containing an NSiN tridentate ligand, [Ir(NSiN)(coe)(H)(Cl)]; preliminary reactivity studies indicate that the (NSiN)Ir fragment is chemically robust.