Stannabenzene

Stannabenzene
IUPAC name

Stannine
Other names

Stannin
Identifiers
CAS number 289-78-1 Y
ChemSpider 20137777 Y
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Properties
Molecular formula C5H6Sn
Molar mass 184.81 g mol−1
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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Stannabenzene (C5H6Sn) is the parent representative of a group of organotin compounds that are related to benzene with a carbon atom replaced by a tin atom. Stannabenzene itself has been studied by computational chemistry,[1] but has not been isolated.

Stable derivatives of stannabenzene

Stable derivatives of stannabenzene are have been isolated. The 2-stannanaphthalene depicted below is stable in an inert atmosphere at temperatures below 140 °C.[2] The tin to carbon bond in this compound is shielded from potential reactants by two very bulky groups, one tert-butyl group and the even larger 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl or Tbt group. The two Sn-C bonds have bond lengths of 202.9 and 208.1 pm which are shorter than those for Sn-C single bonds (214 pm) and comparable to that of known Sn=C double bonds (201.6 pm). The C-C bonds show little variation with bond lengths between 135.6 and 144.3 pm signaling that this compound is aromatic.

Tbt-substituted 9-stannaphenanthrene was reported in 2005 [3]. At room temperature it forms the [4+2] cycloadduct.

Tbt-substituted stannabenzene was reported in 2010.[4]. At room-temperature it quantitatively forms the DA dimer.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ebrahimi, Arash Afshar; Ghiasi, Reza; Foroutan-Nejad, Cina (2010). "Topological characteristics of the ring critical points and the aromaticity of groups IIIA to VIA hetero-benzenes". Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM 941 (1–3): 47–52. doi:10.1016/j.theochem.2009.10.038. 
  2. ^ Mizuhata, Yoshiyuki; Sasamori, Takahiro; Takeda, Nobuhiro; Tokitoh, Norihiro (2006). "A Stable Neutral Stannaaromatic Compound:  Synthesis, Structure and Complexation of a Kinetically Stabilized 2-Stannanaphthalene". Journal of the American Chemical Society 128 (4): 1050–1. doi:10.1021/ja057531d. PMID 16433501. 
  3. ^ Generation of 9-Stannaphenanthrene and Its Reactivities Yoshiyuki Mizuhata, Nobuhiro Takeda, Takahiro Sasamori and Norihiro Tokitoh Chemistry Letters Volume 34 Number 8 Year 2005 Page 1088 doi:10.1246/cl.2005.1088
  4. ^ Generation of Stannabenzenes and Their Properties Yoshiyuki Mizuhata, Naoya Noda, and Norihiro Tokitoh Organometallics, 2010, 29 (21), pp 4781–4784 doi: 10.1021/om100382n