Chiral organolead compounds. Part 1. [2‐(Dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl](4‐methoxyphenyl)(4‐methylphenyl) lead iodide

Abstract
A synthetic route to a chiral triorganolead halide of the type ArAr′Ar″PbX is described. A prochiral diorganolead diacetate was prepared by plumbylation and subsequent transmetallation. After substitution of the two acetate groups by iodide, the prochiral intermediate was selectively arylated with ortho‐lithiated N,N‐dimethylbenzylamine in which a potential built‐in ligand is present. The PMR spectrum of the resulting chiral triorganolead iodide showed no diastereotopic effects of the N(CH3)2 and of the benzylic protons. Data of the crystal and molecular structures of this novel chiral lead compound obtained from a single‐crystal X‐ray diffraction study are reported. The crystal structure is isomorphous with that of [2‐(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl]diphenyltin bromide.

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