Synthesis and structural characterization of a tin analogue of allene

Wing-Por Leung; Yuk-Chi Chan; Thomas C W Mak

doi:10.1021/ic201888d

Synthesis and structural characterization of a tin analogue of allene

Inorg Chem. 2011 Nov 7;50(21):10517-8. doi: 10.1021/ic201888d. Epub 2011 Oct 14.

Authors

Wing-Por Leung¹, Yuk-Chi Chan, Thomas C W Mak

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China. kevinleung@cuhk.edu.hk

PMID: 21999709
DOI: 10.1021/ic201888d

Abstract

The reaction of [MgC(PPh(2)═S)(2)(THF)](2) (1; THF = tetrahydrofuran) with 1 equiv of SnCl(4) in THF afforded a novel tin analogue of allene [Sn{C(PPh(2)═S)(2)}(2)] (2). The structure of compound 2 has been characterized by X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy.