Perrhenates

HCIO2 chlorous acid HRe04 perrhenic acid... 

Salts of perrhenic acid may be obtained in acid—base reactions, and may include the tetrahedral ReO anion or the octahedral anion ReO , eg, in Ba (ReOg)2 [13598-09-9], Ammonium perrhenate and perrhenic acid, as well as rhenium metal, are sold by the primary suppHers of this element. 

World production of rhenium in 1993 and 1994 was estimated to be 34 and 35 metric tons, respectively. The price of rhenium metal in 1995 varied in the range 825— 1600/kg. Price is based on form, purity, and quantity. The price for the most commonly used salt, NH ReO, was 550— 770/kg. Dirhenium decacarbonyl and perrhenic acid are also commercially available. 

Arsonium salts have found considerable use in analytical chemistry. One such use involves the extraction of a metal complex in aqueous solution with tetraphenyiarsonium chloride in an organic solvent. Titanium(IV) thiocyanate [35787-79-2] (157) and copper(II) thiocyanate [15192-76-4] (158) in hydrochloric acid solution have been extracted using tetraphenyiarsonium chloride in chloroform solution in this manner, and the Ti(IV) and Cu(II) thiocyanates deterrnined spectrophotometricaHy. Cobalt, palladium, tungsten, niobium, and molybdenum have been deterrnined in a similar manner. In addition to their use for the deterrnination of metals, anions such as perchlorate and perrhenate have been deterrnined as arsonium salts. Tetraphenyiarsonium permanganate is the only known insoluble salt of this anion. 

Potassium perrhenate reacts similarly to KMn04 to give Re03F. Similarly, the mild fluorinating... 

The products from cyclization reactions of 4-substituted phthalonitriles are called 2,3-tetrasub-stituted or 2,9,16,23-tetrasubstituted phthalocyanines (see p 724). A mixture of four different structural isomers is obtained (see p 736). Cyclization of 4-/c//-butylphthalonitrile (7) in the presence of ammonium perrhenate(VII) at 290 C affords the nitridorhenium(V) phthalocvanine 8. 

In this oxidative degradation, MTO decomposes into catalytically inert perrhenate and methanol. The decomposition reaction is accelerated at higher pH, presumably through the reaction between the more potent nucleophile H02- and MTO. The decomposition of MTO under basic conditions is rather problematic, since the selectivity for epoxide formation certainly profits from the use of nonacidic conditions. 

All of the known rhenium chalcogenide halides are stable in air. With the exception of RegSgCU, they are insoluble in water, acids, and the common organic solvents. They dissolve readily in hot, 50% KOH (263, 264). Re2S3Cl4 is soluble in water, and ethanol, but insoluble in nonpolar organic solvents. With acids, alkalis, or hot water, hydrolytic decomposition takes place. Alkaline solutions can be oxidized to produce perrhenate compounds. 

An unusual reaction is used to form a KRe 4 HjO. The reduction of potassium perrhenate in en-H20 solutions by potassium metal yields a white solid containing the Rh ion mixed with KOH. Extraction with isopropyl alcohol gives a colloidal brown liquid containing a mixture of KOH, isopropyl alcohol and the rhenidc. Fractional extraction of the liquid gives a gray solid that contains 5.5-60% KRe 4 HjO... 

Layered Perrhenate and Vanadate Hybrid Solids On the Utility of Structural Relationships... 

This highhght examines several new hybrid layered structures in the hetero-metallic perrhenate and vanadate families, whereby the late transition-metals are incorporated and their roles probed in the structures of layered solids. From these two families, new structural principles have emerged that not only help us understand key stractural features and correcdy forecast new compositions, but equally, have yielded many surprises (chirality, reduced phases) that show some of the most exciting chemistry is still waiting to be discovered or even imagined ... 

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