Non-stoichiometric chloride salts of dioxotetrakis(imidazole)rhenium(V) cations
Orange [ReO2L4]Cl salts were prepared with L = imidazole and 2-methylimidazole. The presence of a strong Re = O stretching band in the infrared spectra near 785 cm−1 is consistent with a trans-dioxo octahedral structure. With 1,2-dimethylimidazole, red-violet solids were obtained, which were studied by X-ray diffraction. Form I (from methanol): cubic, [Formula: see text]a = 25.205 Å, R = 0.032, 986 observed reflections; form II (from ethanol-dichloromethane): cubic, [Formula: see text]a = 25.520 Å, R = 0.056, 766 observed reflections. Both materials are non-stoichiometric, containing trans-[ReO2L4]+ and protonated trans-[ReO(OH)L4]2+ in an approximate ratio of 3:1 for 1 and 2:1 for II. In both cases, the unit cell contains 1 "normal" Cl− ion and 2/3 H2O per complex. In form I, the additional charge of [ReO(OH)L4]2+ is balanced by an extra Cl− ion partly occupying the unit cell origin, where it is replaced by disordered methanol the rest of the time. In form II, ReO4− and CH2Cl2 play the corresponding roles. In the infrared spectra, besides the characteristic band for the dioxo species, both forms show an extra peak at ~932 cm−1 originating from the protonated species, whereas form II shows an additional band at 907 cm−1 for uncoordinated ReO4−. The 1H and 13C NMR spectra of both forms in D2O are identical to those of the pure [ReO2L4]+ salt, indicating that the protonated species is strongly acidic.