“…Dehydrated solvent was used in the reaction. HCp *Ethyl (5-ethyl-1,2,3,4-tetramethylcyclopentadiene) [65], HCp *iPr (5-isopropyl-1,2,3,4tetramethylcyclopentadiene) [64,65], HCp *tBu (5-tert-butyl-1,2,3,4-tetramethylcyclopentadiene) [66], (Cp*Ir(6,6 -dihydroxy-2,2 -bipyridine)Cl)Cl (2b) [67], Cp*Ir(2.2 -bipyridine-6,6 -dionato)H 2 O (3b) [40], and 6,6 -dihydroxy-2,2 -bipyridine [68] were prepared according to the literature method. All other reagents are commercially available and were used as received (FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corp., Osaka, Japan); (Nacalai Tesque, Kyoto, Japan); (Tokyo Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan).…”