Crystal structure of {(E)-2-[(phenyl­imino)­meth­yl]phenolato-κ(2) N,O}bis­[2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl-κ(2) C (1),N]iridium(III) di­chloro­methane monosolvate

In the title compound, [Ir(C(11)H(8)N)(2)(C(13)H(10)NO)]·CH(2)Cl(2), the Ir(III) ion is six-coordinated by two C,N-bidentate 2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl ligands and one N,O-bidentate 2-[(phenyl­imino)­meth­yl]phenolate anion, giving rise to a distorted octa­hedral environment. The C,N-bidentate ligands, in which the C and N atoms are statistically disordered over two sites and therefore both pairs of C and N atoms are trans and cis relative to each other, are almost perpendicular to each other [the dihedral angle between the least-square planes is 87.00 (4)°]. An intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bond, as well as inter­molecular C—H⋯π inter­actions and π–π inter­actions, contribute to the stabilization of the mol­ecular and crystal structure.