%0 Journal Article
%T A cis-dibromorhenium(V) iminophenolato complex
%A AbubakĄ¯r Abrahams
%A Irvin Booysen
%A Thomas I.A. Gerber
%A Peter Mayer
%J Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia
%D 2008
%I Chemical Society of Ethiopia
%X The complex cis-[ReOBr2(msa)(PPh3)](1) was prepared from trans-[ReOBr3(PPh3)2] and 2-(1-iminoethyl)phenol (Hmsa) in acetonitrile. An X-ray crystallographic study shows that the two bromides are coordinated cis to each other in the equatorial plane cis to the oxo group. DFT calculations on 1 and its trans isomer show that the energy difference between the HOMO and LUMO in the cis isomer is smaller than that in the trans.   KEY WORDS: Rhenium(V), Iminophenol, cis-Dibromo, Crystal structure     Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop. 2008, 22(2), 247-252.
%U http://www.ajol.info/index.php/bcse/article/view/61293