Bis(thioether)silanes: Synthesis and characterization of tin(IV) complexes with new dithioether ligands

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Lozano-Lewis, Lissette I. | John-Rajkumar, Samuel V. | Islas, Susana A. | Pike, Robert D. | Rabinovich, Daniel

Affiliations: Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA | Department of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187, USA

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: drabinov@uncc.edu

Abstract: The bis(thioether)silanes Me2Si(CH2SR)2 (abbreviated BtsR, where R = Me or Pri), the first two members of a new family of bidentate thioether ligands, have been readily prepared and fully characterized. The tin(IV) tetrahalide derivatives (BtsR)SnX4 (X = Cl, Br), which comprise the first four metal coordination complexes of these new sulfur-donor ligands, have also been isolated, and the X-ray structure of the tetrabromide derivative (BtsMe)SnBr4 confirms the chelating nature of the dithioether.

Keywords: bis(thioether)silane complexes, silicon, sulfur, tin, sulfur-donor ligands

DOI: 10.1080/10241220801962327

Journal: Main Group Chemistry, vol. 6, no. 3, 4, pp. 133-142, 2007