“…This structure, with almost perfectly eclipsed ReeP bonds (ReeP/PeRe torsional angle of 0.7 ) and a rather short Re/Re distance (5. The facile formation of [Re 2 (m-dppene)(CO) 6 (m,h 2 :h 2 -C 2 O 4 )] and its stability raised the possibility of preparing analogous complexes, wherein the oxalate ligand is replaced by 1,2-dithioooxalate (dto), tetrathiooxalate (tto), dithiooxamidate (dtox) or oxamidate (oxa) (Scheme 1). To our knowledge, no rhenium(I) carbonyl complexes, except Cs 4 [Re 2 (CO) 6 (dto) 3 ] [5], have been reported for the latter ligands. In this paper, we report the synthesis and spectroscopic characterisation of the complexes [Re 2 (m-dppene)(CO) 6 (m,h 2 :h 2 -L)] (L ¼ dto, 1; tto, 2; dtox, 3; oxa, 4).…”