Oxorhenium(V) complexes containing tridentate Schiff-base and monothiol coligands.

The reaction of [n-(C(4)H(9))(4)N][ReOBr(4)(OPPh(3))] with the tridentate Schiff-base [HOC(6)H(4)C(H)NC(6)H(4)SH] allows for the isolation of [ReOBr{eta(3)-(OC(6)H(4)C(H)NC(6)H(4)S)}] (1). The reaction of [n-(C(4)H(9))(4)N][ReOBr(4)(OPPh(3))] with [HOC(6)H(4)C(H)NC(6)H(4)SH] and the appropriate benzenethiol (C(6)H(4)X-4-SH) where X=H, Br, Cl, F, and OCH(3) in methanol-acetonitrile treated with triethylamine has led to the isolation of a series of rhenium complexes of the type [ReO{eta(3)-(OC(6)H(4)C(H)NC(6)H(4)S)} (eta(1)-C(6)H(4)X-4-S)] (X=H (2), Br (3), Cl (4), F (5), and OCH(3) (6)). Likewise, under similar reaction conditions, the use of benzylmercaptan ligands of the type (C(6)H(4)X-4-CH(2)SH) where X=H, Cl, F, and OCH(3) has led to the isolation of a series of rhenium complexes of the type [ReO{eta(3)-(OC(6)H(4)C(H)NC(6)H(4)S)} (eta(1)-C(6)H(4)X-4-CH(2)S)] (X=H (7), Cl (8), F (9), and OCH(3) (10)). The incorporation of the appropriate amine functionality into the substituent R of the monodentate ligand allows for the isolation of a cationic oxorhenium(V) species, namely, [ReO{eta(3)-(OC(6)H(4)C(H)NC(6)H(4)S)} (eta(1)-C(5)H(4)NH-2-S)][Br] (11).