Coordinated fluoride in rhenium(I) carbonyl complexes

Abstract

Bromide abstraction from the complexes Re(CO)3L2Br (where L = SbPh3 and L2 = bpy, dpe, tmen)* by AgF2H gives the corresponding fluoro compounds Re(CO)3L2F. Mass spectra and structural data show that the fluoride in these complexes is coordinated to the metal. The structures of Re(CO)3(tmen)F and [Re(CO)3(tmen)F]2H.HOBF3 are reported here. Crystals of Re(CO)3(tmen)F are monoclinic, space group P21/c, with a 8.202(2), b 13.115(9), c 12.048(4) � and β 102 24(3)�. A full-matrix least-squares refinement by using the absorption corrected data gave a conventional R value of 0.041. [Re(CO)3(tmen)F]2H.HOBF3 also crystallizes in the space group P21/c. The lattice parameters are: a 17.495(2), b 10.772(2), c 15.447(1) � and β ( 101.409(8)�. The final R value of a blocked least-squares calculation converged at 0.061. In these two complexes the simple Re-F distance is 2.040(4) �, in Re(CO)3(tmen)F. The Re-F distance is increased to 2.236(10)�, as a result of hydrogen bonding between the fluoride and HOBF3 in the latter compound.