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Dirhenium decacarbonyl is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula Re2(CO)10 . Commercially available it is used as a starting point for the synthesis of many rhenium carbonyl complexes. It was first reported in 1941 by Walter Hieber who prepared it by reductive carbonylation of rhenium. The compound consists of a pair of square pyramidal Re(CO)5 units joined via a Re-Re bond which produces a homoleptic carbonyl complex.
