C,N-chelated hexaorganodistannanes, and triorganotin(IV) hydrides and cyclopentadienides

Triorganotin(IV) hydrides and cyclopentadienides as well as hexaorganodistannanes containing the moiety L^CN (2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl-) as chelating ligand and phenyl, n-butyl or t-butyl substituents were prepared and characterized by NMR and XRD. The compounds reveal trigonal bipyramidal geometry around the central tin atom except for the distannanes in which the tin atom has tetrahedral configuration. The di-n-butyl distannane cannot be oxidized by oxygen or heavier chalcogens and give no tin radical when irradiated by UV light or treated with the TEMPO - free radical at room temperature. L^CN(t-Bu)₂SnH undergoes reaction in solution toward the corresponding distannane. The hydrostannation reaction of L^CN(n-Bu)₂SnH with ferrocenylacetylene was investigated. The CO₂ activation by L^CN(n-Bu)₂SnH was also examined.