Key Words: Rhenium(V), nitrido(tetra-tert-butylphtha1ocyaninato)-/ Rhenium(V), nitrido(phthalocyaninat0)-/ Phthalocyaninato complexes 4-tert-Butylphthalodinitrile (1) reacts with ammonium perrhenate, NH4Re04, to yield nitrido(tetra-tert-butylphthalocyaninato)rhenium(V), ( t B~)~p c R e N (2), which is characterized by IR, UV/Vis, CV, MS, 'H and I3C NMR, and elemental analysis. It shows good solubility in common organic solvents. In solution 2 is assumed to be monomeric whereas in the solid state also dimers or higher aggregates are present. From the NMR spectra it is concluded that different constitutional isomers of 2 are formed but not in the expected ratio of a statistical distribution. By analogy with 2, the already known nitrido(phthalocyaninato)rhenium(V), PcReN (3), is prepared for comparison.Our ongoing work is concerned with bridged macrocyclic phthalocyaninato transition metal complexes [PcM(L)], (with M e.g. Fe, Ru, OS) that contain the ligands L as bidentate linear organic molecules, e. g. pyz (pyrazine), tz (tetrazine), dib (1,4-diisocyanobenzene), leading to a comparable large distance (600-1200 pm) between the cofacial Pc rings in the polymer [']. A smaller distance of the macrocycles in such polymers could be advantageous, e.g. for the electrical properties. Oxygen as the bridging ligand which could lead to a smaller distance between the macrocyclic units is only known for one example in the hemiporphyrazine (Hp) compound [HpFeO], with Fetrv as the central metal ion[2]. PcFe does not form an equivalent compound but p-0x0 dimers ( P C F~)~O [~] .Therefore we investigated the possibility of using nitrogen as a potential candidate for a bridging ligand. In this paper we report on the synthesis of the first soluble nitrido(phtha1ocyaninato)rhenium complex, nitrido-(tetra-tert-butylphthalocyaninato)rhenium, (tBu),PcReN (2). For comparison the synthesis of PcReN (3) was repeatedL91. Up to now the bonding conditions of the axial Re-N bond in both 2 and 3 are not completely clear. Asymmetric bridging as known for example in K2ReN(CN),. H20[121 cannot be excluded.
Results and DiscussionNitrido(tetra-tert-butylphthalocyaninato)rhenium(V), (tBu),PcReN (2), was synthesized by reaction of 4-tert-b~-tylphthalodinitrile (1) with ammonium perrhenate (see Scheme 1). Compound 2 was purified by column chromatography; its yield is low compared to that of PcReN (3) (see below).The IR spectrum of 2 is very similar to those of other tetra-tert-butyl-substituted phthalocyaninato metal complexes such as (tBu),P~Co ['~l and (tB~)~PcFe['~l. In the region between 950 and 1000 cm-' a band of low intensity is found in all these IR spectra. In the spectrum of 2 the intensity of this band at 978 cm-' is somewhat increased. This Chew.