[Ir(cod)Cl]2 is a biochemical reagent that can be used as a biological material or organic compound for life science related research.
[Ir(cod)Cl]2 is widely used as a precursor to other iridium complexes, which finds application in homogeneous catalysis like carbonylation, hydrosilylation, hydrofomylation, asymmetric allylic substitutions, metatheses is and chiral catalysis reactions. It is involved In the preparation of Crabtree's catalyst, which is used for hydrogenation and hydrogen-transfer reactions.