Synthesis and Transesterification of the Complexes of Methyl 2-Methyl-3-trichlorostannylpropoinate with Benzylmethylsulfoxide

2-Methyl-3-trichlorostannylpropionate, Cl3SnCH2CH(CH3)CO2R, a novel type of mono- organotin compounds containing ester group, have received considerable attention since Hutton et al. reported their synthesis because of the variety of coordination geometry about tin atom1-4. Organotin compounds5 like organotin carboxylates or oxides were already used as transesterification catalysts, however, little attention was paid to transestrifications of 2-methyl-3-trichlorostannylpropionate complexe…

Synthesis and Transesterification of the Complexes of Methyl 2- Methyl-3-trichlorostannylpropoinate with Benzylmethylsulfoxide

The title complex, Cl3SnCH2CH(CH3)CO2CH3L (1), was synthesized by the reaction of methyl 2-methyl-3-trichlorostannylpropionate with benzylmethylsulfoxide (L) in solid state at room temperature and readily underwent transesterification into the corresponding analogues Cl3SnCH2CH(CH3)CO2RL when reacted with an alcohol ROH. The structural features of these compounds were described, and the possible mechanism of transesterification was suggested.