mer-[3-Phenyl-5-(2-pyridyl-κN)-1,2,4-triazol-1-ido-κN]bis-(2-quinolylphenyl-κC,N)iridium(III) deuterochloro-form disolvate.

In the title compound, [Ir(C(13)H(9)N(4))(C(15)H(10)N)(2)]·2CDCl(3), the coordination at iridium is octa-hedral, but with narrow ligand bite angles ranging from 74.85 (8) to 83.99 (8)°. The bond lengths at iridium show the expected trans influence, with Ir-N trans to C being appreciably longer than trans to N. The chelate rings are mutually perpendicular to a reasonable approximation [interplanar angles ranging from 77.79 (6) to 83.93 (7)°]. All ligands are approximately planar; the maximum inter-planar angles within ligands are ca 12°. One CDCl(3) solvent molecule is severly disordered and was excluded from the refinement.