A new tricarbonylrhenium(I) compound incorporating the tridentate ligandN,N-bispicolyl-2-ethanolamine
摘要:
The title compound, {[N, N-bis(2-pyridylmethyl) amino] ethanol-kappa(3) N, N', N ''} tricarbonylrhenium( I) bromide methanol solvate, [Re(C14H17N3O)(CO)(3)] Br center dot CH4O, has been prepared in almost quantitative yield by reacting (NEt4)(2)[Re(CO)(3)Br-3] with the ligand N, N-bispicolyl-2-ethanolamine in refluxing methanol. The X-ray structure revealed that the Re(CO)(3)N-3 coordination sphere is highly distorted from octahedral geometry and that the Re(CO)(3) core is facial. The coordinated ligand forms two five-membered rings, with the pyridine rings in a butterfly formation. The OH group is not involved in metal coordination. The packing of the molecule shows a network of classical O center dot center dot center dot H - O and Br center dot center dot center dot H - O, and non-classical Br center dot center dot center dot H - C and O center dot center dot center dot H - C hydrogen bonds between the methanol solvate molecules, the metal complex cations and the bromide anions.