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Iridium complex anions (IrBr$\mathrm{6<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">2-</mrow>}$, IrBr$\mathrm{5-}$ and IrBr$\mathrm{4-}$) were studied using photodissociation spectroscopy in the photon energy range between 1.1 and 5.6 eV. These spectra probe the electronic structure of iridium bromide complexes as a function of the coordination number and metal oxidation state. The observed spectra for isolated IrBr$\mathrm{6<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">2-</mrow>}$ contain similar features to its spectrum in aqueous solution. An analysis of the fragment channels reveals a tendency for formation of IrBr$\mathrm{5-}$ fragment ions in the visible while formation of IrBr$\mathrm{4-}$ fragment ions is favored in the ultraviolet. Spectra for IrBr$\mathrm{5-}$ and IrBr$\mathrm{4-}$ parent ions indicate that their preferred fragment channel is the loss of one or more neutral bromine atoms.