Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Rome, Italy
Abstract:
He(I) and He(II) ultraviolet photoelectron spectra of tetrathiometallaspiranes (M = C, Si, Ge, Sn) yield data for quantitative characterization of several structural effects. Spiroconjugation of the lone pair orbitals of the sulfur atoms is indicated by the splitting patterns of the ns ionization bands in the low IE region (8–9_eV); quantitative evaluation confirms that there is a marked decrease of the spiroconjugation effects with increasing size of M. Energy values are assigned by UP spectral analysis to MS σ bond orbitals which show a small variation with M between ca. 10 and 11 eV, consistent with the small electronegativity variation, and to CS bond orbitals in the spirane rings, fairly constant around 13.5 eV. Ionizations of the quasi-valence 4d orbitals in the Sn derivative are identified at 34.38 and 35.42 eV, and suggest, by comparison with other known Sn compounds, a considerably high overall electronegativity of the ligands in the present compound.
