(PNP
tBu)Re(H)
4, where PNP
tBu is (
tBu
2PCH
2SiMe
2)
2N, reacts at 23
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C with RC
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CH (R =
tBu, SiMe
3, Ph) to give first H
2 and mirror-symmetric (PNP
tBu)ReH
3(CCR), then H
2 and
C2![](/images/gifchars/nu.gif)
symmetric (PNP
tBu)Re(CCR)
2. The diacetylide compounds show temperature-independentparamagnetism and
13C and
31P chemical shifts far beyond their normal values for other(PNP
tBu)ReX
n compounds. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction shows very similar structures forthe cases R = Ph and R = SiMe
3, each having an approximately
C2v geometry with equivalentacetylides with
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C-Re-C approximately 108
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. No hydride or H
2 ligands are detected infinal difference Fourier
maps. DFT(B3PW91) calculations give minimum energy geometriesof these species, of their products upon adding H
2, and of mechanistically significantanalogues [(H
2PCH
2SiH
2)
2N]ReH
nR'
mH
2-m, with
n = 0, 2,
m = 1, 2, and R' = H or Ph. Thesecalculated geometries, when compared to those from X-ray diffraction, indicate that theisolated compounds have no hydride or H
2 ligands and are thus (PNP)Re
III(CCR)
2, makingthem more unsaturated than the reagent (PNP)Re
V(H)
4 by two electrons. Triplet stategeometries of (PNP)ReXY are calculated and analyzed, as are their frontier orbitals.