Rhenium Compounds Containing Heterocyclic Thiols - Syntheses and Structures

Reactions of trans-[ReOCl3(PPh3)2] with 1,3-thiazoline-2-thiol (thiazSH), pyridine-2-thiol (pyrSH) or pyrimidine-2-thiol (pyrmSH) result in the formation of rhenium(V) oxo complexes or rhenium(III) species depending on the conditions applied. mer-[ReOCl3(thiazSH)(OPPh3)], trans-[ReCl3(PPh3)(thiazSH)2], [ReO(2-propO)(PPh3)Cl(pyrS-S,N)], cis-[ReCl2(PPh3)2(pyrS-S,N)] and [ReCl2(PPh3)2(pyrmS-S,N)] have been isolated from such reactions and structurally characterized.
cis-[ReCl2(PPh3)2(pyrS-S,N)] and [ReCl2(PPh3)2(pyrmS-S,N)] are obtained in better yields by ligand substitution on trans-[ReCl3(MeCN)(PPh3)2]. The reaction between (n-Bu4N)[ReOCl4] and purine-6-thiole (purinSH) results in the formation of the oxo-bridged [O{ReO(purinS-S,N)2}2].