Hexarhenium(III) complexes with terminal isothiocyanate ligands, {(
n-C
4H
9)
4N}
4[Re
6(<
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3-S)
8(NCS)
6] (
1) and (L)
4[Re
6(
3-Se)
8(NCS)
6] (L
+ = PPN
+ (
2a), (
n-C
4H
9)
4N
+ (
2b)), have been prepared by three different methods. Complex
1 was prepared by the reaction of {(
n-C
4H
9)
4N}
4[Re
6(
3-S)
8Cl
6] with molten KSCN at 200
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C, while
2b was obtainedby refluxing the chlorobenzene-DMF (2:1 v/v) solution of [Re
6(
3-Se)
8(CH
3CN)
6](SbF
6)
2 and [(
n-C
4H
9)
4N]SCN. The[Re
6(
3-Se)
8(NCS)
6]
4- anion was also obtained from a mixture of Cs
2[Re
6(
3-Se)
8Br
4] and KSCN in C
2H
5OH by amechanochemical activation at room temperature for 20 h and isolated as
2a. The X-ray structures of
1 and
2a·4DMF have been determined (
1, C
70H
144N
10S
14Re
6, monoclinic, space group
P2
1/
n (No. 14),
a = 14.464(7) Å,
b = 22.059(6) Å,
c = 16.642(8) Å,
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= 113.62(3)
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,
V = 4864(3) Å
3,
Z = 2;
2a·4DMF, C
162H
144N
14O
4P
8S
6Se
8Re
6,triclinic, space group
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(No. 2),
a = 15.263(2) Å,
b = 16.429(2) Å,
c = 17.111(3) Å,
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= 84.07(1)
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,
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=84.95(1)
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,
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= 74.21(1)
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,
V = 4098.3(8) Å
3,
Z = 1). All the NCS
- ligands in both complexes are coordinated tothe metal center via nitrogen site with the Re-N distances in the range of 2.07-2.13 Å. The redox potentials ofthe reversible Re
III6/Re
III5Re
IV process in acetonitrile are +0.84 and +0.70 V vs. Ag/AgCl for [Re
6(
3-S)
8(NCS)
6]
4-and [Re
6(
3-Se)
8(NCS)
6]
4-, respectively, which are the most positive among the known hexarhenium complexeswith six terminal anionic ligands. The complexes show strong red luminescence with the emission maxima (
max/nm), lifetimes (
em/
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s), and quantum yields (
em) being 745 and 715, 10.4 and 11.8, and 0.091 and 0.15 for
1 and
2b, respectively, in acetonitrile. The data reasonably well fit in the energy-gap plots of other hexarhenium(III)complexes. The temperature dependence of the emission spectra and
em of
1 and {(
n-C
4H
9)
4N}
4[Re
6(
3-S)
8Cl
6]are also reported.