Reactions of trans-[ReOCl3 (PPh 3 ) 2 ] and trans-[ReO(OEt)I 2 (PPh 3 ) 2 ] with 2-aminophenol (H 2 ap) in acetonitrile led to the formation of cis-[ReOCl 2 (Hap)(PPh 3 )] (1) and trans-[Re(ap)(Hap)I(PPh 3 ) 2 ]I (2), respectively. The X-ray crystal structures show that Hap is coordinated as a bidentate chelate via the neutral amino nitrogen and deprotonated phenolate oxygen, and ap is coordinated as a monodentate through the imido nitrogen. The complexes have been characterized by IR spectroscopy, NMR spectrometry and X-ray crystallography. The bite angle of the Hap chelate is 76.9(1) and 76.0(1) in 1 and 2, respectively.