“…Since these complexes contain active iridium-oxygen moieties it is important to better understand the bonding in the diatomic systems. To date, seven diatomic iridium containing molecules have been studied experimentally: IrO [1][2][3], IrC [4,5], IrN [5], IrP [6,7], IrB [8], IrF [9,10], and IrH/D [11].…”