Polymorphs and pseudo‐polymorphs of μ‐oxo‐bis{[N,N′‐bis(salicylidene)­propane‐1,3‐diamine]oxorhenium(V)}

Two new polymorphs of the title compound, μ‐oxo‐bis{oxo{2,2′‐propane‐1,3‐diyl­bis­(nitrilo­methyl­idyne)]­diphen­olato}rhenium(V)}, Re₂O(C₁₇H₁₆N₂O₃)₂], are reported, containing either a conformation other than the one already known in the literature or a disorder involving both the new and the previously reported conformations. Four pseudo‐polymorphs of the title compound are also reported, containing four chloro­form, two chloro­form, two disordered di­chloro­methane or two water solvate mol­ecules accompany­ing each Re complex molecule. Only in the hydrate does the Re complex adopt the old conformation. In all six structures, the complex molecule is located on a crystallographic inversion centre. Independent of the conformation, all ReV ions display the same, somewhat distorted, octahedral coordination. In all the solvates, hydrogen bonds are donated from the solvent to the O atoms bonded to Re, either of the C—H?O or O—H?O type, although the actual position of the solvent mol­ecule can vary. Only in the hydrate is a two‐dimensional hydrogen‐bonded network found; isolated clusters are formed in all the other solvates.