Reactions of a new metallocarboxylic acid, CpRe(CO)(NO)COOH (2), with
Ph3SnCl and Re(CO)4-(PPh3)(F-BF3) have provided the corresponding CO2
-bridged complexes CpRe(CO)(NO)(CO2)SnPh3 (3) and Cp*Re(CO)(NO)(CO2)R
e(CO)3(PPh3) (4), which have been structurally characterized. Complexe
s 3 and 4 exhibit different types of mu2-eta3 bonding of the bridging
CO2 ligand which can be correlated with the IR and C-13 NMR spectral p
roperties of the compounds.