Abstract: | The thermal reaction between the tris(μ-hydrido)dodecacarbonyltrirhenium (o) cluster and triphenylphosphine or triphenylphosphite results in a trisubstituted rhenium cluster as the major product. The results of an X-ray structural analysis of H3Re2(CO)9(PPh3) are: Mr=1597.57, Monoclinic, P21/n, a=15.598(1), b=9.530(2), c=41.685(3) Å, β=80.60(1)°, V=6113.(1) Å3, Z=4, Dc=1.736 g/cm3, CuKe, λ-1.54056 Å, μ-121.23 cm?1, F(000)=3059.17, room temperature, R=0.049 for 7361 reflections with I≥2.5σ(I). The molecule has a triangular Re2 core coordinated propellerwise by three PPh3 ligands in the molecular plane with virtual C3k symmetry. |