Abstract: | Synthesis and Structure of (Me2PhP)3Cl2ReN]2ReCl4, (Me2PhP)3Cl2ReN]2ReCl4 · 2 SbCl3 and Re(NH)Cl2(PMe2Ph)3]SbCl6] The reaction of ReNCl2(PMePh)3 with SbCl5 in toluene yields the trinuclear complex (Me2PhP)3Cl2Re≡N]2ReCl4 · 2 SbCl3 ( 1 · 2 SbCl3). It forms triclinic crystals with the composition 1 · 2 SbCl3, as well as monoclinic crystals 1 · 2 SbCl3 · 4 C7H8. The monoclinic crystals with the space group P21/c, and a = 1212.3(2), b = 2098.5(4), c = 1827.7(3) pm, β = 95.51(1)°, Z = 2, have been used for a crystal structure determination. In the centrosymmetric complex 1 two complexes ReNCl2(PMe2Ph)3 coordinate with their nitrido ligands a square planar, central unit ReCl4. The SbCl3 molecules are coordinated by chlorine bridges to Cl atoms of 1 , and, in addition, connect the complexes 1 with each other. The SbCl3 free compound 1 is obtained in good yield by the reaction of ReNCl2(PMePh)3 with ReCl4(NCEt)2. It crystallizes in the triclinic space group P1 with a = 1037.7(3), b = 1153.0(2), c = 1393.8(3) pm, α = 72.31(2)°, β = 74.06(2)°, γ = 67.94(2)°, and Z = 1. The bond lengths of the Re–N triple bonds are 172 pm in 1 and 170 pm in 1 · 2 SbCl3. By the reaction of ReNCl2(PMePh)3 with SbCl5 in CH2Cl2 the solvent is decomposed forming HCl which protonates the nitrido ligand to afford the imido complex Re(NH)Cl2(PMe2Ph)3]SbCl6] ( 2 ) crystallizing in the monoclinic space group P21/n with a = 1221.4(2), b = 1358.6(2), c = 2177.3(1) pm, β = 92,72(1)° and Z = 4. The Re–N distance in the almost linear unit Re≡N–H is 169,1 pm. |