The reaction of the in situ generated cyclooctene iridium(I) derivative trans- [IrCl(C 8 H 14 )-(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] with methyl vinyl ketone and other Michael systems RCHdC(R′)C(O)R′′ (R ) H, Me, Ph, OMe; R′ ) H, Me, iPr; R′′ ) H, Me, OMe, NH 2 , NMe 2 ) resulted in the formation of the octahedral hydrido(vinyl)iridium(III) complexes [IrH(Cl){κ 2 (C,O)-C(R)dC(R′)C(R′′)dO}-(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (2-13) with the vinyl ligand coordinated in a bidentate fashion. Treatment of trans-[IrCl(C 8 H 14 )(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] with methyl acrylate and either dimethyl fumarate or dimethyl maleate afforded the iridium(I) compounds trans-[IrCl(η 2 -RCHdCHCO 2 Me)(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (15, 16), which thermally or photochemically rearrange to the thermodynamically more stable iridium(III) isomers [IrH(Cl){κ 2 (C,O)-C(R)dCHC(OMe)dO}(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (17, 18) by intramolecular C-H activation. The reaction of trans-[IrCl(C 8 H 14 )(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] with PhCHdCHC(O)Ph gave a 1:1 mixture of the isomeric iridium(III) complexes [IrH(Cl){κ 2 (C,O)-C(Ph)dCHC(Ph)dO}(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (19) and [IrH(Cl){κ 2 (C,O)-C 6 H 4 C(CHdCHPh)dO}(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (20), which were separated by column chromatography. From trans-[IrCl(C 8 H 14 )(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] and acrylic acid both [IrH(Cl)-{κ 2 (C,O)-CHdCHC(OH)dO}(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (21) and [IrH(Cl){κ 2 (O,O)-O 2 CCHdCH 2 }(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (22) were obtained. While the attempted hydrogenation of [IrH(Cl){κ 2 (C,O)-CHdCHC(Me)dO}-(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (2) with Pd/C as the catalyst led to the formation of [IrH 2 (Cl)(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (24) and ethyl methyl ketone, the same starting material reacted with a solution of Cl 2 in chloroform to give the dichloro vinyl complex [IrCl 2 {κ 2 (C,O)-CHdC(Cl)C(Me)dO}(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (27) in virtually quantitative yield. The reaction of both 2 and [IrH(I){κ 2 (C,O)-CHdCHC(Me)dO}(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (29) with CO afforded the carbonyl compounds [IrH(X){η 1 -(Z)-CHdCHC(O)Me}(CO)(PiPr 3 ) 2 ] (31, 32) by partial opening of the chelate bond. Similarly to the Ir(PiPr 3 ) 2 counterparts, a series of (olefin)iridium(I) and hydrido(vinyl)iridium(III) compounds with Ir(PMetBu 2 ) 2 as a molecular unit were also prepared. Most remarkably, treatment of trans-[IrCl(η 2 -CH 2 d CHC(O)H)(PMetBu 2 ) 2 ] (43) with in situ generated trans-[IrCl(C 8 H 14 )(PMetBu 2 ) 2 ] led to a clean cleavage of coordinated acrolein to CO and ethene and afforded a 1:1 mixture of trans-[IrCl(CO)(PMetBu 2 ) 2 ] (44) and trans-[IrCl(C 2 H 4 )(PMetBu 2 ) 2 ] (45), respectively.