“…25 In light of the general reversibility of [(PP) 3 Re] 2+/+ redox couples (vide infra), simple stoichiometric one-electron chemical oxidants were used to prepare the corresponding [(PP) 3 Re] 2+ complexes in good yield (66−95%, Scheme 2). For the more readily oxidized complexes [(PP) Mn, 52 Re, 25,53,54 Fe, 55−57 Rh, 58 Co, 59 Cr, 60−64 Mo, 60,63,65−67 W, 56,60,63,68,69 V, 63,70 Nb and Ta, 63 Zr, 71 and Ru. 72 73 reflect a lower effective bond order for Re 2+ relative to Re + (0.829 vs 0.896).…”