(8-Amino)quinoline and (4-amino)phenanthridine complexes of Re(CO)3 halides

In this report, we present a study on the synthesis, structure and electronics of a series of (8-amino)quinoline and (4-amino)phenanthridine complexes of Re(CO)3X, where X = Cl and Br. In all cases, the (amino)heterocycles bind as bidentate ligands, with surprisingly symmetric modes of binding based on Re–N bond lengths. Between the complexes of (8-amino)quinolines and (4-amino)phenanthridines studied in this report, we do not observe much...