Reactions of hexamethylditin and trimethyltin sulfide withN-thio-derivatives of phthalimide

The initial formation of organotin derivatives with Sn-S-N bonds in heterolytic reactions of hexamethylditin or trimethyltin sulfide withN-(chlorothio)phthalimide is suggested. Subsequent interaction of these compounds with sulfenyl chloride affordsN, N-thioorN, N-dithiobisphthalimide. Homolytic reaction of hexamethylditin withN, N-dithiobisphthalimide also occursvia an organotin intermediate, which, in the absence of a nucleophilic reagent, eliminates sulfur and converts intoN-trimethylstannylphthalimide.Translated fromIzvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2111–2114, December, 1993.