| Abstract: | New Rhenium Complexes Containing Trichalcogenido and Tetrachalcogenido Chelate Ligands The reactions of Cp*ReCl4 with polychalcogenide salts such as Na2S4 or (NEt4)2Se6 lead initially to the violet trichalcogenido chelate complexes Cp*ReCl2(E3) (E = S ( 3a ), Se ( 3b )) which, due to their functional chloro ligands, can be used as intermediates for further reactions. Upon hydrolysis in moist solvents or aminolysis with tert. butylamine 3a, b are converted into the tetrachalcogenido chelate complexes Cp*Re(O)(E4) (E = S ( 4a ), Se ( 4b )) and Cp*Re(NtBu)(E4) (E = S ( 5a ), Se ( 5b )), respectively. X-Ray structure analyses were carried out for the three mononuclear cyclo-oligoselenido compounds 3b–5b . It appears that the size of the Se2?n chelate ring (n = 3 or 4) essentially depends on steric factors within the coordination sphere of rhenium. |
