Synthesis and crystal structure of (1,8-naphth­yridine-κ(2) N,N′)[2-(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)phenyl-κ(2) N (2),C (1)]iridium(III) hexa­fluorido­phosphate di­chloro­methane monosolvate

The solvated title salt, [Ir(C(9)H(7)N(2))(2)(C(8)H(6)N(2))]PF(6)·CH(2)Cl(2), was obtained from the reaction between 1,8-naphthyridine (NAP) and an orthometalated iridium(III) precursor containing a 1-phenyl­pyrazole (ppz) ligand. The asymmetric unit comprises one [Ir(ppz)(2)(NAP)](+) cation, one PF(6) (−) counter-ion and one CH(2)Cl(2) solvent mol­ecule. The central Ir(III) atom of the [Ir(ppz)(2)(NAP)](+) cation is distorted-octa­hedrally coordinated by four N atoms and two C atoms, whereby two N atoms stem from the NAP ligand while the ppz ligands ligate through one N and one C atom each. In the crystal, the [Ir(ppz)(2)(NAP)](+) cations and PF(6) (−) counter-ions are connected with each other through weak inter­molecular C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds. Together with an additional C—H⋯F inter­action involving the solvent mol­ecule, a three-dimensional network structure is formed.