Coordination Chemistry and Spectroscopic Properties of Some Diorganotin(IV) Complexes with S-Donor Schiff Base Ligands

Abstract

Schiff bases S-benzyl- and S-methyl-β-N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)methylene dithiocarbazate (H₂L¹ and H₂L², respectively) and S-benzyl- and S-methyl-β-N-(2-chlorophenyl)methylenedithiocarbazate (HL³ and HL⁴, respectively) were prepared. Then organotin(IV) complexes SnPh₂(L¹)] (1), SnMe₂(L¹)] (2), SnPh₂(L²)] (3), SnMe₂(L²)] (4), SnPh₂Cl(L³)] (5), and SnPh₂Cl(L⁴)] (6) were obtained from the reaction of Schiff bases with SnR₂Cl₂ (R = Ph and Me). The synthesized complexes have been investigated by elemental analysis and IR, ¹H NMR, and ¹¹⁹Sn NMR spectroscopy. Spectroscopic studies show that, in complexes 1–4, the Schiff base acts as a tridentate dianionic ligand and coordinates through the thiol group, imine nitrogen, and phenolic oxygen. The coordination number of tin is five. In complexes 5 and 6, the ligand is monoanionic and unidentate, and coordinated only via the thiol group, and the azomethine nitrogen is not involved in coordination to tin. Therefore the coordination number of tin is four.

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