Transmetalation of tetranuclear copper complexes with tin transmetalators. Molecular structure of cis-dichloro-bis(trans-S-methyl isopropylidenehydrazinecarbodithioato)tin(IV) and consideration of transmetalation mechanisms

Atieh Abu-Raqabah, Geoffrey Davies, Mohamed A. El-Sayed, Ahmed El-Toukhy, Shahid N. Shaikh, Jon Zubieta

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Abstract

Tin complexes Sn(NS)2Cl2(D) and Sn(NS)4(E) (NS is monoanionic S-methyl isopropylidenehydrazinecarbodithioate) are very good transmetalators of tetranuclear copper(I) target [NCuCl]4 (I: N is N,N-diethylnicotinamide). An X-ray crystallographic study shows that D is cis-dichloro-bis(trans-S-methyl isopropylidenehydrazinecarbodithioato)tin(IV). Evidence that I reacts with 1 or 2 mol of D via strong precursors D·I and D2·I that contain NS ligands bridging tin to copper is used to discuss the transmetalation sequence. The tin-containing transmetalation products include the remarkable air-stable copper(I)-tin(IV) complex N3Cu2Sn(NS)2Cl4 obtained from the reaction of I with equimolar E.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)43-56
Number of pages14
JournalInorganica Chimica Acta
Volume193
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2 1992

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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