Synthesis and structural studies of 2-stannyl-substituted ferrocenylmethylamine and -phosphine derivatives 2-Me2RSnFcCH2Y (RMe, Cl; YNMe2, PPh2, P(O)Ph2; FcC10H8Fe)

Abstract 2-(Trimethylstannyl)ferrocenylmethyldiphenylphosphine, 2-Me3SnFcCH2PPh2 (2a), was synthesized from 2-Me3SnFcCH2NMe2 (1a) and Ph2PH. Compound 2a is oxidized with H2O2 to 2-Me3SnFcCH2P(O)Ph2 (3a). Halogenation of 1a and 2a with Me2SnCl2 and 3a with HCl-diethyl ether yields the organotin monochlorides 2-Me3(Cl)SnFcCH2Y ( 1b , Y = NMe 2 ; 2b , Y = PPh 2 3b , Y = P ( O ) Ph 2 ) . Both crystal structure determinations and multinuclear magnetic resonance studies in solution reveal for 1b–3b molecular structures in which the tin atom approaches a trigonal bipyramidal pentacoordination as a consequence of an intramolecular Y Sn interaction. The donor strength of Y increases in the order PPh2