A leaving group strategy for the selective functionalisation of an imido Sn(II) cubane

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Belén Galán, Marta E. G. Mosquera, Julie S. Palmer, Paul R. Raithby and Dominic S. Wright


Abstract

Controlled hydrolysis of the cubane [SnNtBu]4 with H2O int thf-MeCN provides a direct route to the oxo complex [Sn4(NtBu)3O], reaction of which with naphNHLi (naph = 1-naphthyl) gives the heteroleptic cubane [Sn4(NtBu)3(Nnaph)] at the sole product.


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