Tin(IV) complexes with O-ethyl(N-ethyl-N,N-dimethylammoniomethyl)phosphonate

Abstract O,O-Diethyl-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)phosphonate undergoes ethyl migration leading to O-ethyl-(N-ethyl-N,N-dimethylammoniomethyl)phosphonate (L). Several new complexes of tin(IV) and organotin(IV) chlorides with the title ligand have been synthesized. The stoichiometry of the obtained complexes is as follows: (R3SnCl)2 · L (R=Me, Bu, Ph), R2SnCl2 · L (R=Me, Bu, Ph), RSnCl3 L (R=Me, Ph) and SnCl4 · L. All the complexes have been studied in solution by means of 1H-, 13C-, 31P- and 119Sn-NMR spectroscopy. Their solid state structures have been investigated by means of Mossbauer spectroscopy and the molecular structure of the complex (Ph3SnCl)2 · L has been determined by X-ray crystall…