Main Group Metal Chemistry (Dec 2011)
Synthesis and physicochemical characterization of some hexacoordinated tin(IV) Schiff base complexes
Abstract
A freshly distilled tin(IV) tetrachloride interacted with sodium salts of Schiff bases in 1:2 molar ratios in a mixture of tetrahydrofuron (THF)-C6H6 produced complexes of the type [SnCl2(sb)2], [where sb=Schiff bases; salicylidene-2-aminopyridine (sapH) (1), salicylidene-2-amino-4-picoline (sapicH) (2), salicylidene-2-methyl-1-aminobenzene (o-smabH) (3), salicylidene-4-methyl-1-aminobenzene (p-smabH) (4), salicylidene-1-aminobenzene (sabH) (5), salicylidene-3-nitro-1-aminobenzene (snabH) (6)]. These complexes are soluble in polar solvents, monomeric, colored solids and characterized by elemental analysis (Sn, Cl, C, H, and N), spectral analysis [infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance (1H, 13C, and 119Sn)], and time-of-flight mass spectrometry studies.
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