Abstract
Some hitherto unknown five- and six-coordinated di-and tri-n-butyltin(IV) dithiocarbazates have been synthesised and characterised by IR and NMR. Spectral data support a five-coordinate, presumably trigonal bipyramidal geometry for complexes of the type Bu2 SnL‴ whereas, complexes of the type Bu2 Sn(L″)2 are six-coordinated in a distorted octahedral geometry and Bu3 SnL″ are five-coordinated with a trigonal bipyramidal structure. The ligands act as a bidentate (L″) or tridentate (L‴) chelating agents. The mode of bonding of all the Schiff bases is via the azomethine nitrogen and thiolosulphur and the phenolic oxygen atom as revealed by IR and NMR data.

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