SYNTHESIS OF ORGANOTRIALKYLSTANNANES. THE REACTION BETWEEN ORGANIC HALIDES AND HEXAALKYLDISTANNANES IN THE PRESENCE OF PALLADIUM COMPLEXES

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-328X(00)84615-X

The aryl halides YC6H4X (X=Br or I) have been shown to react with the distannanes (R3Sn)2 (R=n-Bu or Me) in toluene in the presence of or to give the compounds YC6H4SnR3 for (a) R=n-Bu, Y=H, p-OMe, o-Me, p-Me, m-Cl, p-Cl, m-CN, p-COCH3 and m-NO2, and (b) R=Me, Y=H, p-OMe, p-Me, p-CN, p-COCH3, m-NO2 and p-NO2.Benzyl halides YC6H4CH2X (X=Cl or Br) similarly give YC6H4CH2SnR3 for (a) R=n-Bu, Y=H, m-OMe, p-OMe, m-Cl, m-CN, and m-NO2, and (b) R=Me, Y=m-Cl, m-CN, p-CN and m-NO2.These reactions are of special value as preparative procedures in cases in which Grignard or organolithium reagents cannot be used.Allyl chloride and bromide were likewise shown to react with (n-Bu3Sn)2 to give CH2=CHCH2SnBu3, but n-BuCl and n-BuBr gave only a trace of n-Bu4Sn.The mixed dimetallo species n-Bu3SnSiMe3 was shown to react with aryl bromides YC6H4Br (X=H, p-OMe, p-Me, or p-Cl) to give the arylsilicon compounds YC6H4SiMe3, with no aryltin products.