cis-Di­chloro­bis(4,4′-di­methyl-2,2′-bi­pyridine)­iridium(III) hexa­fluoro­phosphate

The crystal structure of the title compound, [IrCl2(C24H24N4)2]PF6, contains a monomeric [IrCl2(dmbpy)2]+ cation (dmbpy is 4,4′-di­methyl-2,2′-bi­pyridine) and a hexa­fluoro­phosphate anion. The iridium(III) ion is coordinated by four N atoms from two dmbpy ligands [mean Ir—N distance = 2.052 (5) A] and two Cl atoms [Ir—Cl = 2.360 (9) and 2.356 (2) A], forming a distorted octahedral environment. Each 4,4′-di­methyl-2,2′-bi­pyridine ligand is planar, the mean deviations from the least-squares planes being 0.035 (4) and 0.013 (3) A.