Modeling and Experiment Reveal an Unexpected Stereoelectronic Effect on Conformation and Scalar Couplings of α-Aminoorganostannanes, with Possible Relevance to the Tin−Lithium Exchange Reaction

Abstract
The solution conformation of N-methyl-2-(tributylstannyl)piperidines has been determined through the use of vicinal 119Sn-13C coupling constants, revealing a conformational distortion caused by an unexpected stereoelectronic effect in some cases. Specifically, the "equatorial" conformer is distorted into a half-chair, in which the nitrogen lone pair eclipses the C-Sn bond. This distortion, which "costs" approximately 1 kcal/mol, correlates with a conformational dependence of geminal 119Sn-15N couplings and a possible correlation with reactivity in the tin-lithium exchange reaction.

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