Organometallics 1999, 18, 4437-4441
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Syn th eses, Str u ctu r a l Ch a r a cter iza tion s, a n d
Heter ocu m u len e Meta th esis Stu d ies of New Mon om er ic
Bis(tr ior ga n osilyla m id o)tin (II) Der iva tives
J ason R. Babcock,‡ Louise Liable-Sands,† Arnold L. Rheingold,† and
Lawrence R. Sita*,‡,¥
Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ilinois 60637, and
Department of Chemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716
Received J uly 8, 1999
The syntheses and solid-state structures of two new monomeric bis(triorganosilyl)amido
stannylenes, bis[N-trimethylsilyl-N-2,6-diisopropylphenylamido]tin(II) (1) and bis[N,N-bis-
(dimethylphenylsilyl)amido]tin(II) (2), are reported. Heterocumulene metathesis studies
reveal that while 1 is inert toward carbon dioxide and isocyanates, 2 undergoes controlled
metathesis with these reagents, including a range of para-substituted arylisocyanates,
X-C6H4NCO (X ) OCH3, CH3, F, Cl, and CF3), that allow for a Hammett investigation of
the electronic factors that influence this process. This latter study shows that the rate of
tin(II)-mediated heterocumulene metathesis is enhanced by an increased nucleophilicity of
the heterocumulene.
Ch a r t 1
In tr od u ction
Recently, we have been developing heterocumulene
metathesis, a process involving metathetical exchange
between a metal triorganosilylamide, M[NR(SiR′3)]2 (M
) Ge, Sn, Pb, Zn, and Cd, R ) alkyl, aryl, or SiR′3) and
a heterocumulene, XdCdE (X ) O or NR′′, E ) O, S,
and Se), as a tool for the high-yield synthesis of metal
triorganosilylchalcogenolates, M(ESiR′3)2, and of sym-
metric and unsymmetric carbodiimides, RNdCdNR′′,
under mild conditions.1 During the course of these
studies, it was necessary to extend the current database
of structurally characterized bis(triorganosilylamido)-
tin(II) derivatives, Sn[NR(SiR′3)]2 (R ) alkyl, aryl, or
SiR′3),2 to elucidate some of the structure/property
relationships that govern the tin(II)-mediated heterocu-
mulene metathesis process. Herein, we report the
syntheses and solid-state structures of two new mono-
meric stannylenes, bis[N-trimethylsilyl-N-2,6-diisopro-
pylphenylamido]tin(II) (1) and bis[N,N-bis(dimethylphe-
nylsilyl)amido]tin(II) (2) (Chart 1). Heterocumulene
metathesis studies reveal that while 1 is inert toward
carbon dioxide and isocyanates, 2 undergoes controlled
metathesis with these reagents, including a range of
para-substituted arylisocyanates, X-C6H4NCO (X )
OCH3, CH3, F, Cl, and CF3), that allow for a Hammett
investigation of the electronic factors that influence this
process. This latter study shows that the rate of tin(II)-
mediated heterocumulene metathesis is enhanced by an
increased nucleophilicity of the heterocumulene.
Resu lts a n d Discu ssion
Compound 1 was obtained as an orange crystalline
solid in a 93% yield by reaction of lithium N-trimeth-
ylsilyl-N-2,6-diisopropylamide with tin(II) dichloride in
diethyl ether.3 Analytically pure material and single
crystals were produced through recrystallization from
toluene at -35 °C. 1H NMR (400 MHz) spectra of 1
taken at 298 and 343 K indicated that substantial steric
barriers to bond rotations exist in this compound due
to two sharp resonances being observed in a 1:1 ratio
‡ University of Chicago.
† University of Delaware.
¥ Present address: University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
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