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AbstractA square-planar iridium(I) complex [Ir(cod)(C-NH2)]PF6 (3·PF6) containing a primary amine based Nheterocyclic carbene ligand (C-NH2) ligand was synthesized by a transmetalation reaction of the nickel(II) complex 1, [Ni(C-NH2)2](PF6)2, with [Ir(cod)Cl]2 (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene). An addition reaction of HCl with 3·PF6 afforded a mixture of two isomers of the octahedral iridium(III) hydridochloride complex 5, IrHCl(cod)(C-NH2)PF6. One of the isomers, 5-cis-HCl, was found to have a rare geometry containing trans-H-Ir-NH2 and cis-H-Ir-Cl moieties. All of these iridium complexes were tested in the hydrogenation of unsaturated bonds. They are active catalysts in the H2-hydrogenation of acetophenone, with activity superior to a phosphine-amine (P-NH2) complex [Ir(cod)(P-NH2)]PF6 4, and half sandwich complexes [Ir(C5Me5)(C-NH2)Cl]PF6 (2a) and [Ir(C5H5)(C-NH2)Cl]PF6 (2b). Complex 3·PF6, however, was ineffective as a catalyst for the hydrogenation of trans--methylstilbene and N-(1-phenylethylidene)aniline.