Studies of β-Diketone Complexes of Rhenium. I. Trispentane-2,4-dionatorhenium(III) and Tris(1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoropentane-2,4-dionato)rhenium(III)

Abstract
Pure samples2 of Re(hfac)3 and Re(acac)3 have been prepared and their physical properties studied by ultraviolet–visible and infrared spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, magnetic susceptibility measurements, and X-ray diffraction. The compounds are monomeric and the physical properties may be explained if the rhenium atom sits in an essentially octahedral ligand field. Re(hfac)3 has a hexagonal unit cell and the acetyl-acetone complex adopts the monoclinic cell of the α-form of the three typical crystal structure types which Astbury (1) observed for trispentane-2,4-dionatometal(III) compounds. The properties observed for trispentane-2,4-dionatorhenium(III) differ from those reported previously (2, 3). The difficulties experienced in obtaining pure Re(C5H7O2)3 were caused by the ease with which the material is oxidized.

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