The reactions of the Re(V) starting material [ReO(PPh
3)
2Cl
3] with ligands of the type XN(Y)Z [X = Y = 2-pyridylmethyl,Z = -CH
2CO
2Et (L
1Et), -CH
2CH
2CO
2Et (L
2Et), -CH
2CH
2CH
2CH
2CH(NHCO
2Bu
t)CO
2H (L
3H); X = 2-pyridylmethyl,Y = 2-(1-methylimidazolyl)methyl, Z = -CH
2CO
2Et (L
4Et)] yielded the Re(III) trichloride complexes of the type[ReCl
3(L
nR)]. The complexes are mononuclear, paramagnetic species with a facial geometry of the chloride ligands.The nitrogen donors of the tridentate L
nR ligands complete the distorted octahedral coordination spheres of thecomplexes. Crystal data: [ReCl
3(L
1Et)] (
1), monoclinic,
C2/
m,
a = 16.088(3) Å,
b = 9.980(2) Å,
c = 12.829(2) Å,
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= 91.384(3)
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,
Z = 4,
Dcalc = 1.967 g/cm
-3; [ReCl
3(L
4Et)] (
4), monoclinic,
C2/
c,
a = 22.880(1) Å,
b = 7.4926(4)Å,
c = 22.560(1) Å,
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= 94.186(1)
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,
Z = 8,
Dcalc = 2.001 g/cm
-3.