Crystal structure and luminescent properties of bis-[2,6-dimethyl-3-(pyridin-2-yl-κ)pyridin-4-yl-κ](2,2,6,6-tetra-methylhepta-ne-3,5-dionato-κ,')iridium(III) ethyl acetate monosolvate.

In the solvated title compound, [Ir(CHN)(CHO)]·CHCOCH, the Ir ion adopts a distorted octa-hedral coordination environment resulting from its coordination by two ,-chelating 2,6-dimethyl-3-(pyridin-2-yl)pyridin-4-yl ligands and one ,-chelating 2,2,6,6-tetra-methylhepta-ne-3,5-dionate ligand. The ,-chelating ligands are perpendicular to each other [dihedral angle between the least-squares planes = 87.86 (5)°] and are arranged in a -, and -, fashion. In the crystal, pairwise C-H⋯π inter-actions between inversion-related Ir complexes are present, forming a dimeric structure. The title complex shows bright bluish-green emission with good quantum efficiency in solution at room temperature.