Three dinuclear, ionic and homoleptic metallacycles decorated with free thiophenyl or thiomethyl units were synthesized using AgOS(O₂)CF₃ and benzimidazole derived ditopic N-donor ligands at ambient condition. The complexes were characterized by analytical and spectroscopic (IR and ¹H NMR) techniques and two of the complexes were structurally characterised through single crystal X-ray diffraction.

Supramolecular coordination complex [(Re(CO)₃)₂(dhnq)(L²)] (3) containing two fac-Re(CO)₃ cores, rigid dianionic dhnq (H2-dhnq = 6,11-dihydroxy-5,12-naphthacenedione) motif and semi-rigid ditopic nitrogen donor 1,2-bis(2-nonylbenzimidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene (o-Nbenzbix = L²) was synthesized.Compounds o-Nbenzbix and 3 were characterized using various analytical and spectroscopic methods. The electrochemical properties of 3 were studied using cyclic voltammetric measurements. SCCs [(Re(CO)₃)₂(-dhnq)(L¹)] (1) and [(Re(CO)₃)₂(dhaq)(L¹)] (2) possessing p-xylene spacer 1,4-bis(2-nonylbenzimidazol-1-ylmethyl)benzene (L¹) and 1,4-dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone (H2-dhaq) were also synthesized as reported previously. SCCs 1–3 were investigated via electrochemical methods. A plot of the Randles-Sevcik equation yielded a straight line for complex 3 thus, establishing that the redox processes were diffusion-controlled.