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Complexes of organometallic compounds. XLVI. Synthesis of adducts formed by organotin(IV) trichlorides with 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, and their characterization by mössbauer and infrared spectroscopy

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Abstract Adducts between RSnCl 3 (R = Me, Bu n , Oct n , Ph) and 1,2-bisz(diphenylphosphino)ethane, DPE, have 1:1 composition. In Mossbauer spectroscopic experiences at variable absorber temperature the area under the resonant peaks, A, has been measured for RSnCl 3 ·DPE, R = Me, Ph; slopes plots of in A vs. T suggest strong coupling between Mossbauer atoms, which has been interpreted in terms of solid state polymeric structures, due to DPE acting as a bridging bis-monodentate ligand. Infrared data indicate the covalency of SnCl bonds. Three possible structural isomers of octahedral type are then proposed, one having trans -P 2 and two cis -P 2 atoms. A choice between these structures has been attempted by point-charge model calculations of partial quadrupole splittings, from ΔE of the already known SnCl 4 ·(AlkPh 2 P) 2 as well as of RSnCl 3 ·DPE estimator compounds.