Facile one-pot synthetic methods for new alkoxo-functionalized heteroleptic cyclometalated Ir (III) compounds have been developed. Nucleophilic substitution of fluorine atoms in [(dfpypy) 2Ir (μ-Cl)] 2 (dfpypy= 2′, 6′-difluoro-2, 3′-bipyridine) by a methoxyethanol in the
