Internal rotation around the isopropyl-nitrogen bond and stable conformations of S-methyl-N,N-di-isopropyldithiocarbamate,dichlorotin(IV) bis(N,N-di-isopropyldithiocarbamate) and related compounds

Temperature dependent proton magnetic resonance spectra of dichloro- and dimethyltin(IV) bis(N,N-di-isopropyl-dithiocarbamate) ( 1 and 2 , respectively), dimethylchlorotin(IV) N,N-di-isopropyldithiocarbamate ( 3 ), dimethyltin(IV) bis(N-isopropyldithiocarbamate) ( 4 ), S-methyl-N,N-di-isopropyldithiocarbamate ( 5 ) and S-methyl-N-isopropyldithiocarbamate ( 6 ) were measured in halogenated hydrocarbons or CS₂. The internal rotation around the isopropyl–nitrogen bond of 1, 2, 3 and 5 is restricted below ?30°C, and that of 4 and 6 below ?70°C; 1, 2 and 3 exist as only one conformer in dichloromethane, while 5 exists as two rotational isomers with respect to the isopropyl–nitrogen bond with a mole ratio of about 2·7:1·0 in CS₂ below ?30°C. At this temperature, 6 exists as two stereoisomers in CS₂ with a mole ratio of about 1·2:1·0, although there is no stereoisomer in 4 . From these results, possible conformations of the compounds at low temperature are proposed and the assignments of each proton signal are described.