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119Sn M�ssbauer studies of bis[cysteinato(1?)-S]- and bis[penicillaminato(1?)-S]-diorganotin(IV) species in the crystalline state and in frozen aqueous solution

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The bonding and the configuration of the tin environment in the title compounds {R2Sn[SCH2CH(NH3+)COO−]2 and R2Sn[SC(CH3)2CH(NH3+)COO−]2, indicated in the following as R2Sn(cysH)2 and R2Sn(penH)2 respectively} has been investigated through the determination of the Mossbauer-Zeeman spectra of Ph2Sn(cysH)2 and Ph2Sn(penH)2 in the solid state, and through conventional Mossbauer spectroscopy of Me2Sn(penH)2 in the solid state as well as of Me2Sn(cysH)2 and Me2Sn(penH)2 in aqueous solution (frozen). The treatment of the data by the pointcharge model approach suggested the general occurrence of a tetrahedral C2SnS2 core. In aqueous Hepes buffer, a tertiary amino nitrogen atom has been observed to coordinate tin in Me2Sn(cysH)2 and Me2Sn(penH)2, with formation of trigonal bipyramidal tin environments. The latter solutions undergo slow decomposition reactions at room temperature. From (Me2SnS)3 occurs, as well as formation of soluble complex species in the presence of glycylglycine; Me2Sn(penH)2 appears to undergo a slow desulfuration reaction.