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Iridium(III) chloride

99.8% trace metals basis

Synonym(s):

Iridium trichloride, Trichloroiridium

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Linear Formula:
IrCl3
CAS Number:
10025-83-9
Molecular Weight:
298.58
EC Number:
233-044-6
MDL number:
MFCD00011063
UNSPSC Code:
12352302
PubChem Substance ID:
24874162
NACRES:
NA.23

Assay

99.8% trace metals basis

form

powder or crystals

impurities

≤2500.0 ppm Trace Metal Analysis

mp

763 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: insoluble(lit.)
aliphatic hydrocarbons: insoluble(lit.)
aqueous acid: insoluble(lit.)

SMILES string

Cl[Ir](Cl)Cl

InChI

1S/3ClH.Ir/h3*1H;/q;;;+3/p-3

InChI key

DANYXEHCMQHDNX-UHFFFAOYSA-K

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General description

Iridium(III) chloride is a crystalline inorganic solid with excellent electrical conductivity and good transmission in the infrared range. It is used in the field of catalysis and nanomaterial synthesis.

Application

Iridium(III) chloride can be used:
  • As a precursor to synthesize Iridium nanoparticles.
  • As a starting material synthesize Iridium complexes that can be used to fabricate OLEDs.
  • As a catalyst for the ring opening of epoxidesby aryl, heterocyclic, or aliphatic amines.

Pictograms

Exclamation mark
GHS07

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

H319

Precautionary Statements

P305 + P351 + P338

Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Aminolysis of epoxides using iridium trichloride as an efficient catalyst
Jyoti Agarwal, et al.},
Synthesis, 2009, 2790-2796 (2009)
Effective hydrogenation of Haloaromatic nitro compounds catalysed by iridium nanoparticles deposited on multiwall carbon nanotubes
Hua-Bin Li, et al.
Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal Chemistry, 46, 1499-1505 (2016)
Ditopic bis-terdentate cyclometallating ligands and their highly luminescent dinuclear iridium (III) complexes
Pierre-Henri Lanoe, et al.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England), 50, 6831-6834 (2014)
Rajendra Prasad Paitandi et al.
European journal of medicinal chemistry, 84, 17-29 (2014-07-12)
Efficacy of the ferrocene appended piano-stool dipyrrinato complexes [(η(6)-C6H6)RuCl(fcdpm)] (1), [(η(6)-C10H14)RuCl(fcdpm)] (2), [(η(6)-C12H18)RuCl(fcdpm)] (3) [(η(5)-C5Me5)RhCl(fcdpm)] (4) and [(η(5)-C5Me5)IrCl(fcdpm)] (5) [fcdpm = 5-ferrocenyldipyrromethene] toward anticancer activity have been described. Binding of the complexes with calf thymus DNA (CT-DNA) and BSA (bovine

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