Iridium tetrachloride is an
inorganic compound
In chemistry, an inorganic compound is typically a chemical compound that lacks carbon–hydrogen bonds, that is, a compound that is not an organic compound. The study of inorganic compounds is a subfield of chemistry known as '' inorganic chemist ...
with the approximate formula IrCl
4(H
2O)
n. It is a water-soluble dark brown amorphous solid. A well defined derivative is
ammonium hexachloroiridate
Ammonium hexachloroiridate(IV) is the inorganic compound with the formula (NH4)2 rCl6 This dark brown solid is the ammonium salt of the iridium(IV) complex rCl6sup>2−. It is a commercially important iridium compound one of the most common co ...
((NH
4)
2IrCl
6). It is used to prepare catalysts, such as the Henbest Catalyst for
transfer hydrogenation
In chemistry, transfer hydrogenation is a chemical reaction involving the addition of hydrogen to a compound from a source other than molecular . It is applied in laboratory and industrial organic synthesis to saturate organic compounds and reduce ...
of cyclohexanones.
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