Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of [bis­(di­phenyl­phosphan­yl)methane-κP]chloridobis­[2-(pyridin-2-yl)phenyl-κ(2) N,C (1)]iridium(III)

The title Ir(III) complex, [Ir(C(11)H(8)N)(2)Cl(C(25)H(22)P(2))], was synthesized from the substitution reaction between the (ppy)(2)Ir(μ-Cl)(2)Ir(ppy)(2) (ppy = deprotonated 2-phenyl­pyridine, C(11)H(8)N(−)) dimer and 1,1-bis­(di­phenyl­phosphan­yl)methane (dppm, C(25)H(22)P(2)) under an argon gas atmosphere for 20 h. The Ir(III) atom is coordinated by two C,N-bidentate ppy anions, a unidentate dppm ligand and a chloride anion in a distorted octa­hedral IrC(2)N(2)PCl arrangement. The N donor atoms of the ppy ligands are mutually trans while the C atoms are cis. Intra­molecular aromatic π–π stacking between the phenyl rings of ppy and dppm, and C—H⋯Cl inter­actions are observed. In the crystal, C—H⋯Cl and C—H⋯π contacts link the mol­ecules into a three-dimensional network. A Hirshfeld surface analysis was carried out to further qu­antify the inter­molecular inter­actions, and indicated that H⋯H contacts (63.9%) dominate the packing.