The solvothermal reaction of (N(C
4H
9)
4)
2[Re
2Cl
8] with trifluoroacetic acid and acetic anhydride leads to the newrhenium trifluoroacetate dimer N(C
4H
9)
4[Re
2(OOCCF
3)Cl
6] (
1) and to the rhenium carbonyl dimer Re
2(
2-Cl)
2(CO)
8as the rhenium-reduced byproduct. The reaction of the precursor complex, N(C
4H
9)
4[Re
2(OOCCF
3)Cl
6] (
1), with theorganometallic carboxylic acid (CO)
6Co
2HCCCOOH leads to the cluster of clusters compound Re
2(OOCCCHCo
2(CO)
6)
4Cl
2 (
2), which has the dimer structure of Re
2(OOCR)
4Cl
2. Cyclic voltammetric measurements show thatRe
2(OOCCCHCo
2(CO)
6)
4Cl
2 (
2) has one reduction centered on the dirhenium core and a reduction centered on thecobalt atoms. DFT calculations have been used to rationalize the observed displacements of the voltammetricsignals in Re
2(OOCCCHCo
2(CO)
6)
4Cl
2 (
2) compared to the parent ligand (CO)
6Co
2HCCCOOH and rhenium pivalate.