Aiming at the development of 99mTc-based infection-specific imaging agents, the synthesis and characterization of rhenium and technetium-99m tricarbonyl complexes with derivatized ciprofloxacin and norfloxacin is hereby reported. The ligands were prepared by coupling the tridentate chelator picolylamino-N,N-diacetic acid (PADA) with the piperazinyl (NH) nitrogen of ciprofloxacin or norfloxacin, through the employment of the PADA anhydride. The corresponding rhenium complexes were synthesized using the fac-[NEt4]2[ReBr3(CO)3] precursor and were fully characterized by elemental analysis and NMR spectroscopy. X-ray crystallography of the ciprofloxacin complex showed that the geometry about rhenium is distorted octahedral defined by the NNO donor atom set of the tridentate chelator and the three carbonyl groups. The analogous technetium-99m complexes were prepared quantitatively through the use of the fac-[99mTc(H2O)3(CO)3]+ precursor and their structure was established by comparative HPLC studies using the well-characterized rhenium complexes as reference. Preliminary studies with the technetium-99m complexes showed high bacterial uptake in vitro. 相似文献
Accumulation of radiopharmaceuticals in the liver is frequently observed and represents in general a limiting factor when developing novel labeled compounds for any purpose in nuclear medicine. Aiming at the treatment of liver cancer with radiopharmaceuticals, such accumulation is desired but the compounds have to remain in the liver over an extended time period rather than being washed out or redistributed over time in the whole body. Lipiodol is known to remain in the liver and we present here a study for the preparation of 186Re and 99mTc labeled Lipiodol surrogates expected to behave similarly. We have synthesized two bidentate and two tridentate ligands conjugated to a pendant C18 chain as well as their corresponding fac-[Re(CO)3]+ and fac-[Tc(CO)3]+ complexes. Three of the rhenium complexes have been structurally characterized. Labelling with [186Re(OH2)3(CO)3]+ and [99mTc(OH2)3(CO)3]+, respectively, gave yields in the range of 90%. The complexes could be extracted into Lipiodol due to their high lipophilicity and close structural relationship with the major components of Lipiodol. The complexes are stable in water and in Lipiodol for more than 24 h. These Lipiodol surrogates present new low-valent technetium and rhenium complexes for applications in liver cancer imaging and therapy. 相似文献
Two rhenium(I) tricarbonyl complexes with the tridentate monoanionic NSO ligands, 4-(benzimidazol-2-yl)-3-thiabutanoic acid (complex 3) and [1-(11-carboxyundecanyl)-4-(benzimidazol-2-yl)]-3-thiabutanoic acid (complex 4) were synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods and elemental analysis. X-ray crystallographic analysis of complex 3 revealed a distorted octahedral geometry around rhenium defined by the three facially bound CO groups and the NSO donor atom set of the tridentate ligand. The analogous technetium-99m complexes (complexes 5 and 6) were also prepared quantitatively by reaction of the NSO ligands with the fac-[99mTc(H2O)3(CO)3]+ synthon and their identity was established by chromatographic comparison to their rhenium congeners. Biodistribution in mice of complex 6 bearing the fatty acid chain showed significant heart uptake (6.26 ± 0.79% ID/g p.i.) at 1 min accompanied, however, with a heart:blood ratio below 1. 相似文献
The building blocks fac-[99mTc{κ3-HB(timMe)3}(CO)3] and fac-[99mTc{κ3-R(μ-H)B(timMe)2}(CO)3] [R is H (4a), Ph (5a); timMe is 2-mercapto-1-methylimidazolyl] were obtained almost quantitatively by reacting fac-[99mTc(CO)3(H2O)3]+ with the corresponding scorpionate. These compounds cross the intact blood–brain barrier in mice, with significant retention in the case of 4a and 5a. Using 4a as the lead structure, we have synthesized the functionalized complexes fac-[M{κ3-H(μ-H)B(timBu-pip)2}(CO)3] [M is Re (8), 99mTc (8a); timBu-pip is methyl[4-((2-methoxyphenyl)-1-piperazinyl)butyl](2-mercapto-1-methylimidazol-5-yl)methanamide] and fac-[M{κ3-H(μ-H)B(timMe)(timBu-pip)}(CO)3] [M is Re (9), 99mTc (9a)] and evaluated their potential as radioactive probes for the targeting of brain 5-HT1A serotonergic receptors. The Re complexes exhibit excellent affinity [IC50=0.172 ± 0.003 nM (8); IC50=0.65 ± 0.01 nM (9)] for the 5-HT1A receptor. The radioactive congeners (99mTc) have shown an initial brain uptake of 1.38 ± 0.46%ID g−1 (8a) and 0.43 ± 0.12%ID g−1 (9a), but suffer from a relatively fast washout. 相似文献
Organometallic complexes of Re(I) with ligands having opposite redox properties have been synthesized and structurally characterized. X-ray crystal structures of the complexes show typical fac-ReI(CO)3 coordination to the redox active ligands. Complete electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies on the ligands and the metal complexes were performed. The IR-spectroelectrochemical responses were monitored using the fac-Re(CO)3 unit as a probe. The 15-20 cm−1 hypsochromic or bathochromic shift of the νCO bands upon reduction or oxidation is attributed to ligand-centered processes. 相似文献
The somatostatin receptor subtype 2 (SSTR2) is often highly expressed on neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), making it a popular in vivo target for diagnostic and therapeutic approaches aimed toward management of NETs. In this work, an antagonist peptide (sst2-ANT) with high affinity for SSTR2 was modified at the N-terminus with a novel [N,S,O] bifunctional chelator (2) designed for tridentate chelation of rhenium(I) and technetium(I) tricarbonyl cores, [Re(CO)3]+ and [99mTc][Tc(CO)3]+. The chelator-peptide conjugation was performed via a Cu(I)-assisted click reaction of the alkyne-bearing chelator (2) with an azide-functionalized sst2-ANT peptide (3), to yield NSO-sst2-ANT (4). Two synthetic methods were used to prepare Re-4 at the macroscopic scale, which differed based on the relative timing of the click conjugation to the [Re(CO)3]+ complexation by 2. The resulting products demonstrated the expected molecular mass and nanomolar in vitro SSTR2 affinity (IC50 values under 30?nM, AR42J cells, [125I]iodo-Tyr11-somatostatin-14 radioligand standard). However, a difference in their HPLC retention times suggested a difference in metal coordination modes, which was attributed to a competing N-triazole donor ligand formed during click conjugation. Surprisingly, the radiotracer scale reaction of [99mTc][Tc(OH2)3(CO)3]+ (99mTc; t½?=?6?h, 141?keV γ) with 4 formed a third product, distinct from the Re analogues, making this one of the unusual cases in which Re and Tc chemistries are not well matched. Nevertheless, the [99mTc]Tc-4 product demonstrated excellent in vitro stability to challenges by cysteine and histidine (≥98% intact through 24?h), along with 75% stability in mouse serum through 4?h. In vivo biodistribution and microSPECT/CT imaging studies performed in AR42J tumor-bearing mice revealed improved clearance of this radiotracer in comparison to a similar [99mTc][Tc(CO)3]-labeled sst2-ANT derivative previously studied. Yet despite having adequate tumor uptake at 1?h (4.9% ID/g), tumor uptake was not blocked by co-administration of a receptor-saturating dose of SS-14. Aimed toward realignment of the Re and Tc product structures, future efforts should include distancing the alkyne group from the intended donor atoms of the chelator, to reduce the coordination options available to the [M(CO)3]+ core (M?=?Re, 99mTc) by disfavoring involvement of the N-triazole. 相似文献
The nature of the chemical metal–metal bond in M2(CO)10 (M?=?Mn, Re, Tc) dinuclear decacarbonyls complexes was investigated for the first time using the natural orbital chemical valence (NOCV) approach combined with the extended transition state (ETS) for energy decomposition analysis (EDA). The optimized geometries carried out at different levels of theory BP86, BLYP, BLYPD and BP86D, showed that the latter method, i.e., BP86D, led to the best agreement with X-ray experimental measurements. The BP86D/TZP results revealed that the computed covalent contribution to the metal–metal bond are 60.5%, 54.1% and 52.0% for Mn–Mn, Re–Re and Tc–Tc, respectively. The computed total interaction energies resulting from attractive terms (ΔEorb and ΔEeles), correspond well to experimental predictions, based on bond lengths and energy interaction analysis for the studied complexes. 相似文献
Photochemical and photophysical properties of fac-[Re(CO)3(Clphen)(trans-L)]+ complexes, Clphen = 5-chloro-1,10-phenathroline and L = 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene, bpe, or 4-styrylpyridine, stpy, were investigated to complement the understanding of intramolecular energy transfer process in tricarbonyl rhenium(I) complexes having an electron withdrawing group attached to polypyridyl ligands. These new compounds were synthesized, characterized and the photoisomerization quantum yields were accurately determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy. The true quantum yields for fac-[Re(CO)3(Clphen)(trans-bpe)]+ were constant (Φ = 0.55) at all investigated irradiation wavelengths. However, for fac-[Re(CO)3(Clphen)(trans-stpy)]+, similar true quantum yields were observed only at higher energy irradiation (Φ313 nm = 0.53 and Φ365 nm = 0.57), but it decreased significantly at 404 nm (Φ = 0.41). These results indicated different deactivation pathways for the trans-stpy complex photoisomerization. Quantum yields decreased as the 3ILtrans-L and 3MLCTRe→NN excited states become closer and the behavior was discussed in terms of the excited state energy gaps. Additionally, luminescence properties of photoproducts, fac-[Re(CO)3(Clphen)(cis-L)]+, were also investigated in different environments to analyze the relative energy of the 3MLCTRe→Clphen excited state for each compound. 相似文献
The synthesis and characterization of the neutral 2+1 mixed ligand complex fac-Re(CO)3(acac)(isc) (4) with acetylacetonate (acac) as the bidentate ligand and an isocyanide (the isocyanocyclohexane, isc) as the monodentate ligand is described. The synthesis of 4 proceeds through the intermediate formation of the fac-Re(acac)(H2O)(CO)3 precursor complex 2. Complex 4 was characterized by elemental analysis, spectroscopic methods, and X-ray crystallography showing a distorted octahedral arrangement of the ligands around Re. At technetium-99m level, the corresponding fac-99mTc(acac)(isc)(CO)3 complex 5 was obtained in high yield by reacting the fac-99mTc(acac)(H2O)(CO)3 precursor complex 3 with isocyanocyclohexane and its structure was established by chromatographic comparison with the prototypic rhenium complex using high performance liquid chromatography. 相似文献
The mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor (c-Met), which is related to tumor cell growth, angiogenesis and metastases, is known to be overexpressed in several tumor types. In this study, we synthesized technetium-99m labeled 1,2,3-triazole-4-yl c-Met binding peptide (cMBP) derivatives, prepared by solid phase peptide synthesis and the ‘click-to-chelate’ protocol for the introduction of tricarbonyl technetium-99m, as a potential c-Met receptor kinase positive tumor imaging agent, and evaluated their in vitro c-Met binding affinity, cellular uptake, and stability. The 99mTc labeled cMBP derivatives ([99mTc(CO)3]12, [99mTc(CO)3]13, and [99mTc(CO)3]14) were prepared in 85-90% radiochemical yields. The cold surrogate cMBP derivatives, [Re(CO)3]12, [Re(CO)3]13, and [Re(CO)3]14, were shown to have high binding affinities (0.13 μM, 0.06 μM, and 0.16 μM, respectively) to a purified cMet/Fc chimeric recombinant protein. In addition, the in vitro cellular uptake and inhibition studies demonstrated the high specific binding of these 99mTc labeled cMBP derivatives ([99mTc(CO)3]12–14) to c-Met receptor positive U87MG cells. 相似文献
The reaction of Re(CO)5Cl with o- or p-N-(nitrophenyl)ethylenediaminediacetic acid (H2L1, H2L2) and o- or p-N-(nitrophenyl)propylenediaminediacetic acid (H2L3, H2L4) in methanol leads to the formation of stable anionic [Et3NH][Re(CO)3(L)] · H2O complexes 1-4. These compounds have been characterized by means of IR, mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, NMR and conductimetry, as well as X-ray crystallography for 2 and 3. The [Re(CO)3]+ moiety is coordinated via the nitrogen of the iminodiacetic acid unit and two oxygens of monodentate carboxylate groups. In each case, the nitro group of the aromatic ring remains uncoordinated. The analogous technetium-99m complexes 1′ and 3′ were also prepared quantitatively by the reaction of H2L1 and H2L3, respectively, with the fac-[99mTc(CO)3(H2O)3]+ precursor in ethanol. The corresponding Re and 99mTc compounds were shown to possess the same structure by means of HPLC studies. The high affinity of these ligands for the Tc(I) or Re(I) core, coupled with the easiness of their derivatization (by reduction of the nitro group in amino group), implies that the utilization of this ligand system to develop target-specific radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis and therapy is promising. 相似文献
The fac-tricarbonylrhenium(I) complexes of the 6-amino-1,3-dimethyl-5-nitroso-2-thiouracil (DANTU) and violuric acid (VIO) and its mono- (MVIO) and dimethyl (DVIO) derivatives have been prepared. The complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H and 13C NMR spectral methods and luminescence spectroscopy. The structures of [ReCl(CO)3(DANTU)], [Re(H2O)(CO)3(VIOH−1)] and [Re(H2O)(CO)3(DVIOH−1)] complexes were solved from single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments. The coordination environment around the Re(I) may be described as a distorted octahedron in which the ligand behaves in a bidentate fashion through the nitrogen atom of the nitroso group and an adjacent carbonylic oxygen, making a five-membered chelate ring. The coordination sphere is completed with three carbonyl groups in fac-arrangement and one chlorine atom (DANTU complex) or water molecule (VIO complexes). The higher acidity of violuric acids, if compared with DANTU one, may explain both synergic deprotonation and chloride substitution in the [ReCl(CO)3]+ moiety to form the Re-violurato complexes. 相似文献
The coupling reactions of d-glucosamine, 1,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetylglucosamine, and 4-aminophenyl-galactopyranosine with N,N-bis(quinolinoyl)aminovaleric acid (L1) provided a series of conjugates containing a potentially tridentate donor group terminus linked to a sugar moiety, L2′, L2 and L3, respectively. Reactions of the ligands with [NEt4]2[Re(CO)3Br3] in refluxing methanol provided the rhenium complexes [Re(CO3)(L1)]Br (ReL1), [Re(CO)3(L2)]Br (ReL2), [Re(CO)3(L2′)]Br (ReL2′) and [Re(CO)3(L3)]Br (ReL3). The ligands and complexes were characterized by elemental analyses, 1H and 13C NMR, mass spectroscopy and, in the case of L1 and ReL1, by X-ray crystallography. The rhenium complexes exhibit fluorescence emissions with long lifetimes, large Stokes shifts, and moderate quantum yields. 相似文献
Aiming to develop new bone-seeking radiotracers based on the organometallic core fac-[99mTc(CO)3]+ with improved radiochemical and biological properties, we have prepared new conjugates with phosphonate pendant groups. The
conjugates comprise a chelating unit for metal coordination, which corresponds to a pyrazolyl-containing backbone (pz) with
a N,N,N donor-atom set, and a pendant diethyl phosphonate (pz-MPOEt), phosphonic acid (pz-MPOH) or a bisphosphonic acid (pz-BPOH)
group for bone targeting. Reactions of the conjugates with the precursor [99mTc(H2O)3(CO)3]+ yielded (mote than 95%) the single and well-defined radioactive species [99mTc(CO)3(κ3-pz-MPOEt)]+ (1a), [99mTc(CO)3(κ3-pz-MPOH]+ (2a) and [99mTc(CO)3(κ3-pz-BPOH)]+ (3a), which were characterized by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography . The corresponding Re surrogates (1–3), characterized by the usual analytical techniques, including X-ray diffraction analysis in the case of 1, allowed for macroscopic identification of the radioactive conjugates. These radioactive complexes revealed high stability
both in vitro (phosphate-buffered saline solution and human plasma) and in vivo, without any measurable decomposition. Biodistribution
studies of the complexes in mice indicated a fast rate of blood clearance and high rate of total radioactivity excretion,
occurring primarily through the renal–urinary pathway in the case of complex 3a. Despite presenting moderate bone uptake (3.04 ± 0.47% injected dose per gram of organ, 4 h after injection), the high stability
presented by 3a and its adequate in vivo pharmacokinetics encourages the search for new ligands with the same chelating unit and different
bisphosphonic acid pendant arms. 相似文献
The 16-mer peptide nucleic acid sequence H-A GAT CAT GCC CGG CAT-Lys-NH2 (1), which is complementary to the translation start region of the N-myc oncogene messenger RNA, was synthesized and conjugated to a pyrazolyl diamine bifunctional chelator (pz). The novel conjugate
pz-A GAT CAT GCC CGG CAT-Lys-NH2 (2) was labeled with technetium tricarbonyl, yielding quantitatively the complex fac-[99mTc(CO)3(κ3-pz-A GAT CAT GCC CGG CAT-Lys-NH2)]2+ (4). Complex 4 was obtained with high radiochemical purity and high specific activity, revealing high stability in human serum and in cell
culture medium. The identity of 4 was confirmed by comparing its reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography profile with that of the rhenium analog
fac-[Re(CO)3(κ3-pz-A GAT CAT GCC CGG CAT-Lys-NH2)]2+ (3), prepared by conjugation of fac-[Re(CO)3(3,5-Me2pz(CH2)2N((CH2)3COOH)(CH2)2NH2)]+ to 1, using solid-phase techniques. UV melting experiments of 1 and 3 with the complementary DNA sequence led to the formation of stable duplexes, indicating that the conjugation of 1 to the pyrazolyl chelator and to the metal fragment fac-[M(CO)3]+ did not affect the recognition of the complementary sequence as well as the duplex stability. For a first screening, SH-SY5Y
human neuroblastoma cells, which express N-myc, were treated with 4. The results show that 4 internalizes (7% of the activity goes into the cells, after 4 h at 37 °C), presenting also a relatively high cellular retention
(only 40% of internalized activity is released from the cells after 5 h).
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This report describes synthesis and evaluation of cationic complexes, [99mTc(CO)3(L)]+ (L = N-methoxyethyl-N,N-bis[2-(bis(3-ethoxypropyl)phosphino)ethyl]amine (L1), N-[(15-crown-5)-2-yl]-N,N-bis[2-(bis(3-ethoxypropyl)phosphino)ethyl]amine (L2) and N-[(18-crown-6)-2-yl]-N,N-bis[2-(bis(3-ethoxypropyl)phosphino)ethyl]amine (L3)) as potential radiotracers for heart imaging. Preliminary results from biodistribution studies in female adult BALB-c mice indicated that the cationic 99mTc(I)-tricarbonyl complex, [99mTc(CO)3(L2)]+, has a significant localization in the heart at 60 min post-injection. To understand the coordination chemistry of these bisphosphine ligands with the 99mTc(I)-tricarbonyl core, we prepared [Re(CO)3(L4)]Br (L4: N,N-bis[(2-diphenylphosphino)ethyl]methoxyethylamine) as a model compound. [Re(CO)3(L4)]Br has been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, ESI-MS, NMR (1H, 13C, 1H-1H COSY, and 1H-13C HMQC) methods, and X-ray crystallography. In solid state, [Re(CO)3(L4)]+ has a distorted octahedron coordination geometry with PNP occupying one facial plane. The chelator backbone adopts a “chair” conformation with phosphine-P atoms at equatorial positions and the amine-N at the apical site. In solution, [Re(CO)3(L4)]+ is able to maintain its cationic nature with no dissociation of carbonyl ligands or any of the three PNP donors. 相似文献
AbstractHerein, we report the DNA interaction studies of rhenium(I) and -(V) compounds with Schiff base chelates encompassing biologically relevant moieties. More specifically, the DNA interaction capabilities of these rhenium complexes were probed using Gel Electrophoresis and Calf Thymus–DNA titrations monitored by temperature-controlled electronic spectroscopy. The DNA binding modes of the metal compounds were corroborated by molecular docking simulations. In addition, the synthesis and characterization of a novel facial tricarbonyl rhenium(I) compound, fac-[Re(chrs)(CO)3Br], (chrs = {3-{[(2-hydroxyphenyl)imino]methyl}-4H-chromen-4-one) are reported. 相似文献
The character and dynamics of low-lying electronic excited states of the complexes fac-[Re(Cl)(CO)3(papy)2] and fac-[Re(papy)(CO)3(bpy)]+ (papy = trans-4-phenylazopyridine) were investigated using stationary (UV-Vis absorption, resonance Raman) and ultrafast time-resolved (visible, IR absorption) spectroscopic methods. Excitation of [Re(Cl)(CO)3(papy)2] at 400 nm is directed to 1ππ∗(papy) and Re → papy 1MLCT excited states. Ultrafast (?1.4 ps) intersystem crossing (ISC) to 3nπ∗(papy) follows. Excitation of [Re(papy)(CO)3(bpy)]+ is directed to 1ππ∗(papy), 1MLCT(papy) and 1MLCT(bpy). The states 3nπ∗(papy) and 3MLCT(bpy) are then populated simultaneously in less then 0.8 ps. The 3MLCT(bpy) state decays to 3nπ∗(papy) with a 3 ps time constant. 3nπ∗(papy) is the lowest excited state for both complexes. It undergoes vibrational cooling and partial rotation around the -NN- bond, to form an intermediate with a nonplanar papy ligand in less than 40 ps. This species then undergoes ISC to the ground state potential energy surface, on which the trans and cis isomers are formed by reverse and forward intraligand papy rotation, respectively. This process occurs with a time constant of 120 and 100 ps for [Re(Cl)(CO)3(papy)2] and [Re(papy)(CO)3(bpy)]+, respectively. It is concluded that coordination of papy to the Re center accelerates the ISC, switching the photochemistry from singlet to triplet excited states. Comparison with analogous 4-styrylpyridine complexes (M. Busby, P. Matousek, M. Towrie, A. Vl?ek Jr., J. Phys. Chem. A 109 (2005) 3000) reveals similarities of the decay mechanism of excited states of Re complexes with ligands containing -NN- and -CC- bonds. Both involve sub-picosecond ISC to triplets, partial rotation around the double bond and slower ISC to the trans or cis ground state. This process is about 200 times faster for the -NN- bonded papy ligand. The intramolecular energy transfer from the 3MLCT-excited ∗Re(CO)3(bpy) chromophore to the intraligand state of the axial ligand occurs for both L = stpy and papy with a comparable rate of a few ps. 相似文献
Various Cr, Mo and W carbonyl complexes of a tridentate ligand containing N and P as donor atoms, bis(2-(diphenylphosphino)ethyl)benzylamine (DPBA), have been synthesized. Reaction of M(CO)6 (M = Cr, Mo and W) with DPBA in a 1:1 mole ratio in toluene or xylene, resulted in the formation of facial and meridional complexes of the type [M(CO)3(DPBA)] (M = Cr, Mo and W). Interaction of Cr(CO)6 or Mo(CO)6 with DPBA and PPh3 in toluene yielded complexes of the composition [Cr(CO)3(DPBA)(PPh3)] and [Mo(CO)2(DPBA)(PPh3)], respectively. However reaction of W(CO)6 with DPBA and PPh3 yielded only [W(CO)3(DPBA)]. Reaction of Cr(CO)6 with DPBA and 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane(diphos) in toluene for 24 h resulted in the formation of a mixed ligand complex, [Cr(CO)4(DPBA)(diphos)] where both the ligands coordinate to the metal atom through only one of their donor atoms. A unique binuclear complex of the composition [Mo(CO)2(DPBA)(diphos)]2 resulted, with the tridentate ligand DPBA acting as a bidentate bridging ligand, by the reaction of Mo(CO)6 with DPBA and diphos in refluxing xylene for 24 h. All the complexes are characterized by elemental analysis and infrared spectra. The 31P{1H} and 1H NMR spectral data of the complexes gave valuable information in elucidating the structures of the complexes. The ligand DPBA has found to behave in a triligate monometallic, biligate monometallic, monoligate monometallic and biligate bimetallic manner. 相似文献
The geometries and thermochemistry of Re2(NO)4(CO)n (n?=?4, 3, 2, 1, 0) structures isovalent with the binuclear cobalt carbonyls Co2(CO)n+4 have been examined using density functional theory. Eight low-energy Re2(NO)4(CO)4 structures, all with formal Re–Re single bonds, lie within 6 kcal mol?1 of the global minimum. These eight structures include unbridged structures as well as structures with two bridging NO groups but no structures with bridging CO groups. Similarly, five low-energy Re2(NO)4(CO)3 structures, all with formal Re=Re double bonds, lie within 6 kcal mol?1 of the global minimum. Again these five structures include unbridged structures as well as structures with one or two bridging NO groups but no structures with bridging CO groups. The Re2(NO)4(CO)n (n?=?4, 3) appear to be fluxional systems similar to the well-known Co2(CO)8 for which doubly bridged and unbridged structures have approximately the same energies. The lowest energy Re2(NO)4(CO)2 structures have formal Re=Re double bonds including a structure with a five-electron donor bridging η2-μ-NO group. Isomeric Re2(NO)4(CO)2 structures with formal Re≡Re triple bonds lie approximately ~10 kcal mol?1 above the global minimum. For the more highly unsaturated Re2(NO)4(CO) and Re2(NO)4 systems, the lowest energy structures have formal Re≡Re triple bonds of length ~2.6 Å. Higher energy Re2(NO)4(CO) structures have shorter Re–Re distances of length ~2.5 Å suggesting formal quadruple bonds.
Graphical Abstract The geometries and thermochemistry of Re2(NO)4(CO)n (n?=?4, 3, 2, 1, 0) structures isovalent with the binuclear cobalt carbonyls Co2(CO)n+4 have been examined using density functional theory. A number of energetically closely spaced Re2(NO)4(CO)4 and Re2(NO)4(CO)3 structures are found, including unbridged and NO-bridged structures but no CO-bridged structures. The Re2(NO)4(CO)n (n?=?2, 1, 0) systems provide examples of Re–Re multiple bonds of orders ranging from 2 to 4.