“…Rhenium diimine complexes of the type fac-[Re I (LL)-(CO) 3 L′] n+ (n ) 0, 1; LL ) diimine ligand) have been well studied because they are excellent emitters, 1,8-10 photocatalysts, 6,[11][12][13][14][15][16] and building blocks for supramolecules. 5,[17][18][19] Although a tremendous number of fundamental studies of the photophysics of these rhenium complexes have been carried out over the last two decades, the targets of these studies have been only triplet CT excited statesssuch as metal-to-ligand ( 3 MLCT), 8,[20][21][22][23][24][25] ligand-to-ligand ( 3 LLCT), 18,26 and σ-to-ligand ( 3 σ-π*) 2,27-29 statessand 3 LC excited states. [30][31][32] In contrast, little is known about the LF states of these rhenium diimine complexes.…”