Redetermination of the O-O bond length in the dioxygen-adduct of Vaska's complex

Solid state structural studies were performed with (Ph(3)P)(2)IrCl(CO)(O(2)) and the O-O length redetermined to be 1.47(1) angstrom in contrast to results reported earlier. (c) 2008 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.