The rhenacarborane salt Cs[Re(CO)
3(
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
11)] (
1) has been used to synthesize the tetranuclear metalcomplex [{ReAg(
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-10-H-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)(CO)
3}
2{
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-Ph
2P(CH
2)
2PPh
2}] (
3) where two [ReAg(
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-10-H-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)(CO)
3] fragments have been shown by X-ray crystallography to be bridged by a single 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane ligand. Reaction of
1 with Ag[BF
4] in the presence of the ligands bis- or tris(pyrazol-1-yl)methane yields the complexes [ReAg(
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-10-H-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)(CO)
3{
2-CH
2(C
3H
3N
2-1)
2}] (
4) or [{ReAg(
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-10-H-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)(CO)
3}
2{
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-
1,
2-CH(C
3H
3N
2-1)
3}] (
5), respectively. From X-ray studies, the former comprisesa Re-Ag bond bridged by the carborane cage and with the bis(pyrazol-1-yl)methane coordinating the silver(I)center in an asymmetric
2 mode. Complex
5 was unexpectedly found to contain a tris(pyrazol-1-yl)methanebridging two [ReAg(
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-10-H-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)(CO)
3] fragments in a
1,
2 manner. Treatment of
1 with Ag[BF
4]in the presence of 2,2'-dipyridyl and 2,2':6',2' '-terpyridyl yields [ReAg(
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-10-H-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)(CO)
3{
2-(C
5H
4N-2)
2}] (
6) and [ReAg(
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-10-H-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)(CO)
3{
3-C
5H
3N(C
5H
4N-2)
2-2,6}] (
7). The X-ray structure determination of
7 revealed an unusual pentacoordinated silver(I) center, asymmetrically ligated by a
3-2,2':6',2' '-terpyridyl molecule. The same synthetic procedure using
N,
N,
N',
N'-tetramethylethylenediamine gave a tetranuclearmetal complex [{ReAg(
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-10-H-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)(CO)
3}
2{
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-Me
2N(CH
2)
2NMe
2}
2] (
8) which is believed, in thesolid state, to be bridged between the silver atoms by two of the diamine molecules. The salt
1 with Ag[BF
4] inthe absence of any added ligand gave the tetrameric cluster [ReAg{
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-5,6,10-(H)
3-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
8}(CO)
3]
4 (
9)where, in the solid state, four [ReAg(
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-10-H-
5-7,8-C
2B
9H
10)(CO)
3] units are held together by long interunitB-H
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Ag bonds.