Yong Yan, Joel T. Mague, James P. Donahue and Stephen Sproules
Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 5482-5485
DOI:
10.1039/C4CC09397F,
Communication
The molecular and electronic structure of edge-sharing bioctahedral [N(n-Bu)4]3[Re2(mnt)5] is reported here. Despite the short intermetal bond length of 2.6654(2) Å with computed bond order of 1.2, the unpaired electron is localised by the asymmetric ligand distribution, as demonstrated by its remarkable EPR spectrum.