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Synthesis and characterization of the first diorganotin(IV) complexes containing mixed arylazobenzoic acids and having skew trapezoidal bipyramidal geometry

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Abstract Three diorganotin(IV) complexes of the type, [R 2 Sn(L a H)(L b H)] (R =  n Bu or Me and, L a H and L b H are two different 5-[( E )-2-(aryl)-1-diazenyl]-2-hydroxybenzoate residues; a: aryl = 4′-Cl-(held constant) and b: aryl = 4′-Me or 4′-Br) have been prepared either by reacting n Bu 2 SnO, L a HH′ and L b HH′ (1:1:1) in anhydrous toluene or by reacting Me 2 SnCl 2 , L a HNa and L b HNa (1:1:1) in anhydrous methanol. The products were characterized by microanalysis, IR, NMR ( 1 H, 13 C, 119 Sn) and 119m Sn Mossbauer spectroscopy. A full characterization of the structures of the complexes [ n Bu 2 Sn(L a H)(L b H)] ( 1 and 2 ) and [Me 2 Sn(L a H)(L b H)] ( 3 ) in the solid state were accomplished by single crystal X-ray crystallography. These complexes were found to adopt the usual dicarboxylato structural type with a skew-trapezoidal bipyramidal arrangement around the tin atom.