"Oxidative Addition of Alkyl Halides to Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Dicarbonyl Diiodides: Key Reactions in the Catalytic Carbonylation of Alcohols"
P. R. Ellis, J. M. Pearson, A. Haynes, H. Adams, N. A. Bailey and P. M. Maitlis
Organometallics, 1994, 13, 3215

Rotatable x-ray structure (Jmol)

[Ir(CO)₂I₃(C₆H₁₃)]^- (Ph₄As⁺ counterion omitted)
- product of oxidative addition of n-hexyl iodide to [Ir(CO)₂I₂]^-



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