Main Group Element Phosphine Complexes. 5. Tri- and Tetracoordinated, Monomeric Tin(II) Phosphine Complexes and X-ray Structure of Sn[C(PMe2)3]2

Hans H. Karsch, Armin Appelt, Gerhard Müller

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Abstract

SnCl2 reacts with Li[C(PMe2)2X] to give yellow, neutral complexes Sn[C(PMe2)2X]2 (X = PMe2, 4; X = SiMe3, 7) under exclusive formation of Sn-P bonds. The X-ray structure determination of 4 (space group P21; a = 6.540 (2) Å, b = 16.338 (6) Å, c = 11.720 (4) Å; β = 98.15 (3)°; V = 1239.64 Å3; dcalcd = 1.363 g/cm3 for Z = 2; Rw= 0.043 for 189 refined parameters and 4165 reflections with Fo ≥ 4.0σ (Fo)) reveals a distorted Ψ-tbp ground-state geometry with two phosphorus donor atoms in axial (d(SnP) = 2.790 (2), 2.839 (2) Å) and two in equatorial positions (d(SnP) = 2.602 (2), 2.598 (2) Å) at the Sn(II) spiro center. Both 4 and 7 are fluxional in solution at -90 °C, due to a pseudorotation process which equilibrates axial and equatorial positions. At elevated temperatures all six phosphorus atoms in 4 are equilibrated. In contrast to 4 and 7, Sn[HC(PPh2)2]2 (9), which is obtained from SnCl2 and Li [HC(PPh2)2], exhibits a threefold Sn coordination at low temperature in solution, arising from one chelating (PP) and one monodentate (C) diphosphinomethanide ligand. The different PPh2 groups of the monodentate ligand are quilibrated at 20 °C, whereas at 70 °C, both diphosphinomethanide ligands equilibrate via a twofold coordinated Sn(II) transition state. From Li[C(PPh2)3] and SnCl2, two thermally unstable complexes are obtained, ClSn-[C(PPh2)3] (13) and Sn[C(PPh2)3]2 (14). In solution, 13 is monomeric with a threefold coordination at Sn and 14 resembles 4 and 7 in exhibiting tetracoordination. The results are explained by an inter-/intraligand repulsion model, with additional electronic effects also operating, and are based on NMR (1H, 13C, 31P, 119Sn) measurements.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1664-1670
Number of pages7
JournalOrganometallics
Volume5
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1986

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