title: A hydrogen-substituted osmium stannylene complex: isomerization to a metallostannylene complex via an unusual alpha-hydrogen migration from tin to osmium.
abstract: An osmium complex bearing a terminal hydrogen-substituted stannylene ligand, Cp*((i)Pr(3)P)(H)Os=SnH(trip) (1) (trip = 2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl), has been prepared by stannylene extrusion, and the complex has been structurally characterized. Complex 1 coordinates Lewis bases and activates the O-H bonds of water and methanol. Most interestingly, 1 converts to the metallostannylene complex Cp*((i)Pr(3)P)(H)(2)OsSn(trip) (2) thermally or photochemically by what appears to be a radical process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1460, USA.
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Hayes
authors.forename: Christopher W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Gribble
authors.forename: Rory
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Waterman
authors.forename: T Don
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Tilley