A study of trialkyltin β-aryl-β-triphenylgermyl propionates

Twenty new compounds of the form Ph₃GeCHArCH₂COOSnR₃ (R = n-Bu, cyclohexyl; Ar = substituted phenyl) have been synthesized. Their structures were characterized by IR and ¹¹⁹Sn and ¹H NMR spectroscopy. The compounds are five-coordinated carboxylate bridged polymers when R = n– Bu; when R = cyclohexyl (Cy) they are four-coordinate. ¹¹⁹Sn NMR measurements of chemical shift for the two series of compounds have shown that there is a good linear relationship for the chemical shift of ¹¹⁹Sn NMR between the tributyltin and tricyclohexyltin propionates, viz. δ¹¹⁹Sn(Bu₃Sn) = 1.0474 δ ¹¹⁹Sn(Cy₃Sn) + 95.8076, n = 5, r = 0.993. The structure of one compound was determined by X-ray diffraction. It exists as a monomeric four-coordinated species in a distorted tetrahedronal geometry.