NEW RING SYSTEMS OF ELEMENTS OF MAIN GROUPS IV AND V

Abstract
The synthesis of [PhSn(O)O2CC6H11]6 represents the first example of tin(IV) in a drum-shaped molecule. The formation of the dimeric composition, [(MeSn(O)O2CC6H11)2(MeSn(O2CC6H11)3]2, appears to be an intermediate hydrolysis product on the way to the drum composition. The X-ray structure reveals an “unfolded” drum array. The distannoxane unit which is represented as the sides of the drum is found in additional new dimeric compositions, [(SCH2CH2O)2SnCl]2[H][Et4N], [((CN)2C2S2)2SnOH]2, and [BuSnCl2(OH) · H2O]2. These all have six-coordinated tin atoms which contrasts to the dimeric aryl distannoxanes recently isolated, [Ph2(Cl)SnOSnPh2(X)]2, X = OH, Cl, containing five-coordinated tin. Also isolated are the new ring containing, five-coordinated tin derivatives, [(SCH2CH2S)2Sn]2[SCH2CH2S][Et3NH]2 and [(SC(CN)C(CN)S)2SnMe][Et4N]. The former has two trigonal bipyramidal tin atoms while the latter composition has a square pyramidal geometry. Related ring systems of new five-coordinated derivatives of silicon, germanium, arsenic, and antimony that span the range between the two ideal five-coordinated geometries also have been structurally characterized.

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