Abstract
In the solvated title compound, [Ir(C(12)H(11)N(2))(2)(C(11)H(19)O(2))]·CH(3)CO(2)C(2)H(5), the Ir(III) ion adopts a distorted octa-hedral coordination environment resulting from its coordination by two C,N-chelating 2,6-dimethyl-3-(pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-4-yl ligands and one O,O'-chelating 2,2,6,6-tetra-methylhepta-ne-3,5-dionate ligand. The C,N-chelating ligands are perpendicular to each other [dihedral angle between the least-squares planes = 87.86 (5)°] and are arranged in a cis-C,C' and trans-N,N' fashion. In the crystal, pairwise C-H⋯π inter-actions between inversion-related Ir(III) complexes are present, forming a dimeric structure. The title complex shows bright bluish-green emission with good quantum efficiency in solution at room temperature.