Rhenium tricarbonyl core based thiolato-bridged spiro-metallacyclic tetranuclear compounds of general formula [{(CO)3Re(μ-SR)2Re(CO)3}2(μ-ɳ⁴-ptpc)] (1−3) (R = phenyl (1), p-tolyl (2), and benzyl (3) were accomplished by the reaction of rudimentary Re2(CO)10,...