“…[5] Furthermore, rhenium complexes containing NH 2 NH 2 or substituted hydrazine RNHNH 2 are very rare and include, apart from the pioneering work on [Re(NCO)-(CO) 2 (NH 2 NH 2 )P 2 ] (P ϭ tertiary phosphane), [6] only two papers, [7,8] one on [ReCp*Me 3 (NH 2 NH 2 )]CF 3 SO 3 (Cp* ϭ pentamethylcyclopentadienyl) and [Re(NH 2 NH 2 )-(CO) 3 (PPh 3 ) 2 ]CF 3 SO 3 , and another on the substitutedhydrazine complex [ReCl 2 (PPh 3 ) 2 {NNC(O)Ph}{H 2 NNHC-(S)Ph}]. [9] We have previously reported the synthesis and reactivity of mono-and bis(hydrazine) complexes of the iron triad [10] and manganese [11] of the type [MH(RNHNH 2 )P 4 ]BPh 4 , [M(RNHNH 2 ) 2 P 4 ](BPh 4 ) 2 (M ϭ Fe, Ru, Os) and [Mn(RNHNH 2 )(CO) n P 5Ϫn ]BPh 4 (P ϭ phosphites). We have now extended these studies to rhenium with the aim of pre- (CH 3 NHNH 2 )(CO) n P 5−n ]BPh 4 (n = 1, 2) with Pb(OAc) 4 at −40°C gives both [Re(CH 3 N=NH)(CO) n P 5−n ]BPh 4 and [Re(η 1 -NH=CH 2 )(CO) n P 5−n ]BPh 4 .…”