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The diorganotin(IV) complexes, [R2Sn(Rd)(μ-OH)]2 (R = Me (1), PhCH2 (2), n-Bu (3), Ph (4); HRd = rhodanine), have been synthesized and characterized by IR and multinuclear (1H, 13C, 119Sn) NMR spectroscopy. The structures of complexes 2 and 3 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Both crystal structures of 2 and 3 show the presence of asymmetrically bridging hydroxy groups leading to an Sn2O2 unit. Each atom in complex 1 is also coordinated by an N atom of ligand and two C atoms of the alkyl groups, so the Sn environment is based on a trigonal bipyramid. While in complex 2, a weak intermolecular Sn–O interaction has also been found between the two adjacent molecules, so the geometry of the Sn atom can be best described as six-coordinate octahedral. The salient feature of the supramolecular structure of complex 3 is that of a 1D polymer, in which the discrete molecules are connected through weak intermolecular Sn ··· O interactions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eight diorganotin(IV)-oxo-carboxylates {[R2Sn(O(O)CR′)]2O}2 · Y (R′ = C4H3N2Y = H2OR = nBu 1, Y = 0 R = Me 2, Y = 0 R = C6H53, Y = 0 R = C6H5CH24; R′ = CH2SC4H3N2-2,6Y = 0 R = nBu 5, Y = CH2Cl2R = Me 6, Y = 0 R = C6H57, Y = 0 R = C6H5CH28) have been prepared in 1 : 1 molar ratios by reactions of diorganotin(IV) oxide with 2-pyrazinecarboxylic acid or (2-pyrimidylthio)acetic acid, respectively. All the complexes are characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra. Except for 2, 4 and 7, the complexes are also characterized by X-ray crystallography diffraction analyses, which reveal that the complexes adopt the familiar dicarboxylato tetraorganodistannoxane structural mode. Among them, the evident difference is that weak intramolecular interactions between Sn and N atoms are recognized in complexes 1 and 3. However, for complex 5 two different coordination modes are found in the same lattice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]