Simple synthesis of an allenylidene heptavalent rhenium(d0) complex

J Am Chem Soc. 2004 Jul 21;126(28):8660-1. doi: 10.1021/ja048030f.

Abstract

This paper reports a simple way to synthesize an allenylidene rhenium(VII) complex. The diimido adamantyl-thiolato allenylidene rhenium(VII) complex 2 was obtained through a metathetical reaction of phosphonioalkylidyne rhenium complex 1 with diphenylketene and also structurally analyzed with X-ray diffraction. Complex 2 is the first d0 allenylidene complex with structure information.