The reactions of nitrido(tetra-tert-butylphthalocyaninato)- rhenium (1) wit
h boron tribromide leading to (tBu(4)Pc)-ReNBBr3 (4) and with acetone to gi
ve the imido complex (tBu(4)Pc)Re[NC(CH3)(2)CH2C(O)CH3]OH (2b) and its mu-o
xo dimer 3 are reported. Starting from the corresponding 4,5-di- n-alkylpht
halonitriles and ammonium perrhenate four soluble nitrido(octa-n-alkylphtha
locyaninato)rhenium complexes 5-8 were synthesized, Nitrido(octa-n-pentylph
thalocyaninato)rhenium (6) was treated with boron tribromide to afford [(C5
H11)(8)Pc]ReNBBr3 (9).