title: (tBu2MeSi)2Sn=Sn(SiMetBu2)2: a distannene with a >Sn=Sn< double bond that is stable both in the solid state and in solution.
abstract: ((t)Bu(2)MeSi)(2)Sn=Sn(SiMe(t)Bu(2))(2) 1, prepared by the reaction of (t)Bu(2)MeSiNa with SnCl(2)-diox in THF and isolated as dark-green crystals, represents the first example of acyclic distannene with a Sn=Sn double bond that is stable both in the crystalline form and in solution. This was proved by the crystal and NMR spectral data of 1. Distannene 1 has these peculiar structural features: a shortest among all acyclic distannenes Sn=Sn double bond of 2.6683(10) A, a nearly planar geometry around both Sn atoms, and a highly twisted Sn=Sn double bond. The reactions of 1 toward carbon tetrachloride and phenylacetylene also correspond to the reactivity anticipated for the Sn=Sn double bond. The one-electron reduction of 1 with potassium produced the distannene anion radical, the heavy analogue of alkene ion radicals, for which the particular crystal structure and low-temperature EPR behavior are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan.
authors.forename: Vladimir Ya
authors.initials: VY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tomohide
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukawa
authors.forename: Masaaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamoto
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: Boris L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Tumanskii
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karni
authors.forename: Yitzhak
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Apeloig