Reaction of Me2SBr2 and Prn3PI2 with tin metal powder; a novel route to metal thioether complexes and the first tin(IV) phosphine complex containing iodide ligands
Abstract
Tin metal powder reacts readily with both Me2SBr2 and Prn3PI2 in diethyl ether under ambient conditions, producing the novel SnBr4(SMe2)2, which contains both cis and trans isomers within the unit cell, and the first complex of stoichiometry Snl4(PR3)2 to be isolated: both complexes have been crystallographically characterised.