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Iridabenzenes are produced by an unusual C−C coupling between the α-carbon of the alkynyl ligand and the δ-carbon of the neighboring 1,3-butadienyl ligand upon protonation of the β-carbon of the alkynyl ligand.
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Chin et al. (2005) studied this question.
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