[Bis(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)amine-κ(3)N,N',N'']tricarbonyl-rhenium(I) bromide hemihydrate.
The title compound, fac-[Re(C(12)H(12)N(3))(CO)(3)]Br·0.5H(2)O, crystallizes with a cationic rhenium(I) unit, a bromide ion and half a water mol-ecule, situated on a twofold rotation axis, in the asymmetric unit. The Re(I) atom is facially surrounded by three carbonyl ligands and a tridentate bis-(pyridin-2-ylmeth-yl)amine ligand in a distorted octahedral environment. N-H⋯Br, O-H⋯Br, C-H⋯O and C-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds are present in the crystal structure and π-π stacking is also observed [centroid-centroid distances = 3.669 (1) Å and 4.054 (1) Å], giving rise to a three-dimentional network. The mol-ecules pack in a head-to-head fashion along the ac plane.
Department of Chemistry, PO Box 339, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9330,  South Africa.
Marietjie
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Schutte
Theunis J
TJ
Muller
Hendrik G
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Visser
Andreas
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Roodt