(μ1-Methanolato-κ1O)-μ1-methoxo-κ1O-(μ2-2-amino-1-methyl-5H-imidazol-4-one-κ2N:N′)-hexacarbonyldirhenium(I)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Re2(CH3O)2(CO)6(C4H6N3O)], the two ReI atoms are linked by a methoxo and methanolato bridge, as well as by a creatinine ligand that coordinates in a bidentate fashion. Three fac-carbonyl ligands occupy the rest of the slightly distorted octa­hedral geometry around each ReI atom. The bridging methanolato and methoxo ligands are bent out of the Re2O2 plane by 49.2 (4) and 47.8 (3)° respectively. This is normally associated with a methanolato-bridging-type coordination rather that the more planar methoxo-type bridging. Furthermore, the creatinine bridging molecule is very slightly distorted from the Re2N2C plane, indicating that the pyrazolo N atom bonded to the RhI atom is not protonated. Charge balance can thus only be attained if one assumes a positional disorder for the methanolato/methoxo H atom. All attempts to locate disordered protons around these O atoms were unsuccessful. Four hydrogen bonds, one N—H⋯O and three C—H⋯O, are observed in the structure. The mol­ecules pack in a head-to-head and tail-to-tail fashion when viewed along the c axis, in alternating columns.