Tris(1-phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)phosphine oxide (OP(1,2,3Tz1‑Ph)3) and tris(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)phosphine
oxide (OP(1,2,3Tz1‑benz)3)
react with (NBu4)[ReOCl4] under partial hydrolysis
and formation of rhenium(V) complexes with unprecedented dihydroxyphosphoranato
or diarylphosphinato ligands. Anionic, binuclear complexes of the
compositions [Cl3(O)Re{O2P(1,2,3Tz1‑Ph)3}Re(O)Cl2]− and [Cl3(O)Re{O2P(1,2,3Tz1‑benz)3}Re(O)Cl2]− are formed
as the result of a first hydrolysis step of the phosphine oxides,
which has been proven by an experiment with H2
18O. Two more metal-containing products of these reactions, [ReOCl3{O2P(1,2,3Tz1‑Ph)2}]− and [Cl3(O)Re{O2P(1,2,3Tz1‑benz)2}Re(O)Cl3]−, could also be isolated and studied by
X-ray diffraction. Their structures confirm a metal-mediated P–C
bond cleavage and the formation of arylphosphinic acids, which finally
act as ligands in the products.