Dichlorido(9-methyl-adenine-κN)(η-penta-methyl-cyclo-penta-dien-yl)iridium(III) dichloromethane solvate.

In the title complex, [Ir(C(10)H(15))Cl(2)(C(6)H(7)N(5))]·CH(2)Cl(2) or [Ir(η(5)-C(5)Me(5))Cl(2)(9-MeAde-κN(7))]·CH(2)Cl(2) (9-MeAde = 9-methyl-adenine), the coordination geometry of the Ir(III) atom approximates to a three-legged piano stool. The 9-methyl-adenine ligand is coordinated in a monodentate fashion to the Ir centre through its N-7 atom. The crystal structure contains centrosymmetric pairs of mol-ecules, inter-acting through two N-H⋯N hydrogen bonds. An intra-molecular N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bond is formed between the H atom of an NH(2) group and a chlorido ligand. Further short intra- and inter-molecular C-H⋯Cl contacts are observed.