A new method for the preparation of bis(bistrimethylsilylmethyl)tin(II) Sn[CH(SiMe3)2]2 and lts molecular structure has been determined by gas electron diffraction. Prediction of non-planar, trans-folded ground state structures for digermene (Ge2H4) and distannene (Sn2H4)
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
- No. 24,p. 1407-1408
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c39820001407
Abstract
Reduction of SnCl2R2[R = CH(SiMe3)2](Li2C8H8) provides SnR2, which in the gas phase (electron diffraction) is a V-shaped monomer with ab initio M.O. calculations predict non-planar trans-folded equilibrium structures for the ethene analogues Ge2H4 and Sn2H4.Keywords
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