The symmetric rhenium(V) oxo Schiff
base complexes
trans-[ReO(OH
2)(acac
2en)]Cl and
trans-[ReOCl(acac
2pn)],where acac
2en and acac
2pn are the tetradentate Schiff
base ligands
N,
N'-ethylene
bis(acetylacetone) diimine and
N,
N'-propylene
bis(acetylacetone) diimine, respectively, were reacted with monodentate phosphine ligands to yieldone of two unique cationic phosphine complexes depending on the ligand
back
bone length (en vs pn) and theidentity of the phosphine ligand. Reduction of the Re(V) oxo core to Re(III) resulted on reaction of
trans-[ReO(OH
2)(acac
2en)]Cl with triphenylphosphine or diethylphenylphosphine to yield a single reduced, disu
bstituted productof the general type
trans-[Re
III(PR
3)
2(acac
2en)]
+. Rather unexpectedly, a similar reaction with the stronger reducingagent triethylphosphine yielded the intramolecularly rearranged, asymmetric
cis-[Re
VO(PEt
3)(acac
2en)]
+ complex.Reactions of
trans-[Re
VO(acac
2pn)Cl] with the same phosphine ligands yielded only the rearranged asymmetric
cis-[Re
VO(PR
3)(acac
2pn)]
+ complexes in quantitative yield. The compounds were characterized using standardspectroscopic methods, elemental analyses, cyclic voltammetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Thecrystallographic data for the structures reported are as follows:
trans-[Re
III(PPh
3)
2(acac
2en)]PF
6 (H
48C
48N
2O
2P
2Re·PF
6),
1, triclinic (
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
),
a = 18.8261(12) &
Aring;,
b = 16.2517(10) Å,
c = 15.4556(10) Å,
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= 95.522(1)
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,
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beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> =97.130(1)
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,
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= 91.350(1)
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,
V = 4667.4(5) Å
3,
Z = 4;
trans-[Re
III(PEt
2Ph)
2(acac
2en)]PF
6 (H
48C
32N
2O
2P
2Re·PF
6),
2, orthorhom
bic (
Pccn),
a = 10.4753(6) Å,
b =18.4315(10) Å,
c = 18.9245(11) Å,
V = 3653.9(4) Å
3,
Z = 4;
cis-[Re
VO(PEt
3)(acac
2en)]PF
6 (H
33C
18N
2O
3PRe·1.25PF
6),
3, monoclinic (
C2/
c),
a = 39.8194(15) Å,
b = 13.6187(5)Å,
c = 20.1777(8) Å,
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beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 107.7730(10)
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,
V = 10419.9(7) Å
3,
Z = 16;
cis-[Re
VO(PPh
3)(acac
2pn)]PF
6 (H
35C
31N
2O
3PRe·PF
6),
4, triclinic (
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
),
a = 10.3094(10) Å,
b =12.1196(12) Å,
c = 14.8146(15) Å,
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= 105.939(2)
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,
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beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> =105.383(2)
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,
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= 93.525(2)
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,
V = 1698.0(3) Å
3,
Z = 2;
cis-[Re
VO(PEt
2Ph)(acac
2pn)]PF
6 (H
35C
23N
2O
3PRe·PF
6),
5,monoclinic (
P2
1/
n),
a = 18.1183(18) Å,
b = 11.580(1) Å,
c = 28.519(3) Å,
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beta2.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN="middle"> = 101.861(2)
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,
V = 5855.9(10) Å
3,
Z = 4.