A convenient route to distannanes, oligostannanes, and polystannanes

…, RA Gossage, DA Foucher

Index: Khan, Aman; Gossage, Robert A.; Foucher, Daniel A. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 2010 , vol. 88, # 10 p. 1046 - 1052

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Abstract

The quantitative conversion of the tertiary stannane (n-Bu) 3SnH (2) into (n-Bu) 6Sn2 (4) was achieved by heating the neat hydride material under low pressure or under closed inert atmosphere conditions. A 31% conversion of Ph3SnH (3) to Ph6Sn2 (5) was also observed under low pressure; however, under closed inert atmosphere conditions afforded Ph4Sn (6) as the major product. A mixed distannane,(n-Bu) 3SnSnPh3 (7), can also be prepared in ...