“…In comparison to the wide variety and scope of d 6 Re(I) coordination compounds, relatively few stable low-spin d 5 Re II monomeric complexes are known. − Heteroleptic diimine and diphosphine carbonyls [(diimine)(CO) 3 ReX] + , , trans -[(PP) 2 (CO) 2 Re] 2+ and trans -[(dppe) 2 (CO)ReBr] + , , have been generated electrochemically and have generally limited stabilities (PP = 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane (dmpe), 1,2-bis(diethylphosphino)ethane (depe), bis(dimethylphosphino)methane (dmpm), bis(diphenylphosphino)methane (dppm), Me 2 PCH 2 PPh 2 , 1,3-bis(dimethylphosphino)propane (dmpp), or 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)benzene (dmpb); dppe = 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane). More recently, [Re(CO) 2 Br 4 ] 2– has been reported as a useful precursor for a variety of [Re(CO) 2 Br 2 (L) 2 ] products. − Very few simple homoleptic Re II complexes are known: [(bpy) 3 Re] 2+ (bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine), , [(2,2′-azobipyridine) 3 Re] 2+ , [(dmpe) 3 Re] 2+ , , and most recently the mixed diphosphine chelate systems [(depe) 3– x (dmpe) x Re] 2+ ( x = 0–3) …”