Trevor Janes, Pavel Zatsepin and Datong Song
Chem. Commun., 2017,53, 3090-3093
DOI:
10.1039/C7CC00837F,
Communication
o-Phenylenediamido Pb(II) and Sn(II) complexes react with mesityl azide in analogous C–H activation reactions. The Pb(II) complex forms a Lewis pair with ONMe3. The Sn(II) analogue reacts with AgOTf yielding a paramagnetic stannylene; such compounds have been previously observed in situ, but hitherto have not been isolated.