title: Diammonium hexakis(thiocyanato-κN)rhenate(IV) dimethyl sulfone tetrasolvate.
abstract: The title compound, (NH(4))(2)[Re(NCS)(6)]·4C(2)H(6)O(2)S, was obtained by solvothermal synthesis as part of a project on rhenium thiocyanate catalysts and starting materials for further aggregation to molecular magnets. The compound is the ammonium salt of octahedral hexakis(thiocyanato-κN)rhenate(IV) anions, which lie on centres of inversion. The dimethyl sulfone solvent molecules are involved in R(4)(2)(8) and D N-H···O hydrogen-bonded motifs. N-H···S and S···S short contacts are also present. Hydrogen-bonded ammonium-dimethyl sulfone layers alternate with layers formed by the complex anion (with S···S short contacts) parallel to (100).
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, 14 Joliot-Curie Street, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland. garfild9@gazeta.pl
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kochel
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hołyńska