Acta Crystallographica Section E (Dec 2011)

1,3-Bis(2,4,6-trimethylphenyl)-3H-imidazol-1-ium tetraoxidorhenate(VII)

  • Marilé Landman,
  • Belinda van der Westhuizen,
  • Daniela I. Bezuidenhout,
  • David C. Liles

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536811050677
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 67, no. 12
pp. m1897 – m1897

Abstract

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The title compound, (C21H25N2)[ReO4], was formed as the unexpected product in an attempted synthesis of a rhenium(I)–N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complex. The compound has crystallographic mirror symmetry with both the cation and the tetrahedral anion located across a mirror plane. The cation and anion are linked by a C—H...O hydrogen bond.