Bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)(fluorenylidene)stannene-diethyl ether (1a), a new stable compound with a formal tin-carbon double bond, has been synthesized by dehydrofluorination of the corresponding fluoro-stannane with tert-butyllithium; it has been characterized by NMR (delta(Sn-119) + 288 ppm, delta(C-13) + 133.85 ppm) and UV spectroscopy (lambda(max) 542 nm) and by electrophilic addition reactions to the tin-carbon unsaturation,
A compound with a tin-carbon double bond, bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)(fluorenylidene)stannane: aspects of its reactivity and X-ray structure of its dimer
Bis(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl)(fluorenylidene)stannane (1) reacts nearly quantitatively with compounds having active hydrogen atoms (alcohols, amines, mineral acids, phenylacetylene) and with lithium aluminium hydride to give the corresponding stannanes. Methyl iodide also adds easily to the tin—carbon doublebond. Compound 1 slowly dimerizes at room temperature in solution. The head-to-tail dimer 10