title: Abnormal binding in a carbene complex formed from an imidazolium salt and a metal hydride complex.
abstract: 2-Pyridylmethylimidazolium salts and IrH5(PPh3)2 give an [(N-C)IrH2(PPh3)2]+ species with the imidazole ring bound in the 'wrong way': at C-5, not at the expected C-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, 225 Prospect Street, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520-8107, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gründemann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kovacevic
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Faller
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Crabtree