30° off a normal to the rhodium atom towards the CH2SiMe3 groups with a Li … Rh distance of ca. 2.6 Å. Solution NMR spectroscopy as a function of temperature and solvent on these and the related iridates, (cod)Ir(CH2SiMe3)2Li(tmed) and (cod)Ir(R)2Li where R is Me or ...