An N-heterocyclic carbene adduct of diatomic tin,:Sn=Sn

Cameron Jones, Anastas Sidiropoulos, Nicole Holzmann, Gernot Frenking, Andreas Stasch

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Abstract

Reduction of an N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) adduct of SnCl2, viz. [(IPr)SnCl2] (IPr =:C{N(Dip)C(H)}2; Dip = 2,6-diisopropylphenyl), with a magnesium(i) dimer, has afforded the first NHC complex of a row 5 element in its diatomic form, [(IPr)SnSn(IPr)]; a computational analysis of the complex indicates that it comprises a singlet state, doubly bonded tin(0) fragment,:SnSn:, datively bonded by two NHC ligands.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9855-9857
Number of pages3
JournalChemical Communications
Volume48
Issue number79
DOIs
StatePublished - 11 Oct 2012
Externally publishedYes

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