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AUTHOR
Terence N. Mitchell
Tetramethylditin complexes: A general method for the preparation of a class of compounds with an unusual tintin bond
Abstract The preparation and physical and spectroscopic properties of eight compounds of the type Me4Sn2X2 (X O2CR, S2CNR2, S2P(OR)2) are described, starting from Me4Sn2Cl2. The spectroscopic data indicate that X functions as an isobidentate ligand. The tintin coupling constants are extremely large (ca. 11–15 kHz), and can be correlated with the pKa values of the corresponding acids HX.
Fourier transform nmr investigations of organotin compounds
Abstract NMR spectra have been obtained for fiteen title compounds, mainly with R = Me. Tin chemical shifts were found to lie within the expected ranges, but to vary little with R or, apparently, with change in ring size. While the magnitute of 1 (SnSe) was as predicted, the of 1 (SnTe) was more than twice as large as that previously observed for (Me 3 Sn) 2 Te. In compounds Me 6 Sn( 3 X 3 , 2 J(SnMSn) varied systematically with variations in x, but within relatively narrow limits (195-250 Hz); a much more drastic variation was observed for Me 6 Sn 3 X 2 , possibly due to bond angle changes at Sn and X.