Rhenium complexes carbonyl nitrosyls

In these rhenium nitrosyl complexes the nitrosyl ligand takes different functions (1) as an ancillary NO ligand mimicking isoelectronic metal carbonyls (2) as a frans-influence ligand to activate donor ligands for atom or group transfer reaction. 

Complexes containing rhenium in the oxidation state +IV are comparatively rare. There is no extended chemistry in aqueous media and many rhenium(IV) complexes tend to hydrolyze when exposed to water. The stabilization of rhenium(IV) centers requires a well-balanced donor-acceptor behavior of the ligands and, thus, none of the classical rr-donor ligands such as O or TT-acceptors such as carbonyls or nitrosyls are characteristic for this oxidation state... 

Ligand-metal bifunctional catalysis provides an efficient method for the hydrogenation of various unsaturated organic compounds. Shvo-type [83-85] Ru-H/OH and Noyori-type [3-7] Ru-H/NH catalysts have demonstrated bifimctionality with excellent chemo- and enantioselectivities in transfer hydrogenations and hydrogenations of alkenes, aldehydes, ketones, and imines. Based on the isoelectronic analogy of H-Ru-CO and H-Re-NO units, it was anticipated that rhenium nitrosyl-based bifunctional complexes could exhibit catalytic activities comparable to the ruthenium carbonyl ones (Scheme 29) [86]. 

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