a Institute of Radioisotopes-Radiodiagnostic Products, NCSR ‘Demokritos’, PO Box 60228, 15310, Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
b Institute of Materials Science, NCSR ‘Demokritos’, PO Box 60228, 15310, Aghia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
Abstract:
A novel five-coordinate rhenium(III)-thiolato complex, Re(SCH2C6H4OCH3-p)3(PPh3)2 has been isolated during the reaction of trans-ReOCl3(PPh3)2 with p-methoxybenzyl mercaptan. In the unexpected structure that was acquired, the central metal has undergone a reduction from Re(V) to Re(III). The five-coordinate Re(III) complex has been characterized by spectroscopic methods, elemental analysis and X-ray crystallography. X-ray crystallographic studies showed the coordination geometry around rhenium to be that of a trigonal bipyramid. The basal plane is defined by three sulfur atoms of the monodentate ligand, while the two apical positions are occupied by two phosphines of the precursor.