Structural Probing on the Sn-C_(C5 ring) Bond of the Sn(Ⅱ) Metallocenes in Both the Solid State and the Temperature-dependent Solution Relaxation State

Various bond modes of the M-C_(C5 ring) exist in metallocene compounds of group 14 heavier elements,mostly due to an intricate interaction between the lone electron pairs at the M center and the 6 p-electrons of the C_5 ring.The tin(Ⅱ) metallocene complexes LSn R(L = HC[CMe(N-2,6-iPr_2C_6H_3)]_2,R = cyclopentadienyl,C_5H_5(1); indenyl,C_9H_7(2); fluorenyl,C_(13)H_9(3)) stabilized by the β-diketiminato ligand were prepared and utilized in the study on their solid and solution state structures.X-ray single-crystal diffraction data revealed an η~1-mode of the Sn-C_(C5 ring) bond in each 1~3.However,the room temperature ~1H NMR spectral studies disclosed such a fluxional bonding mode in solution.The 119 Sn NMR studies suggested a quadruple coordination nature of the Sn center in 1 while the triple coordination manner was for the Sn atom in both 2 and 3.Then the variable-temperature(25~–75 ℃) ~1H NMR spectral studies for each 1~3 were performed,which detected the relaxation state structures of 1~3 at lower temperature.All of these results indicate a stereochemical activity of the lone electron pairs at the tin(Ⅱ) atom that definitely has an electronic interaction with the 6 p-electrons of the C_5 ring.The observed Sn-C_(C5 ring) bond modes appear influenced by either the metallocene size or the compound state existed.