1 Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, SORST/JST, O-okayama 2-12-1, E1-9 Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
The mer isomer of Re(bpy)(CO)3Cl (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) has been synthesized photochemically and isolated for the first time. The mer complex is a useful starting material for the synthesis of cis,cis-[Re(bpy)(CO)2(L)Cl]-type complexes.