Synthesis and spectral characterisation of organotin(IV) 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trithiolato complexes, including the crystal structures of 1,3,5-(R3Sn)(3)C3N3S3 (R = Me, Ph)

Novel organotin(IV) 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trithiolato complexes: (R3Sn)(3)C3N3S3, (R = Ph, Bz, Me, Bu) and (R2Sn)(3)(C3N3S3)(2), (R = Ph, Me) have been prepared and characterised by elemental analysis, FT-IR, Mossbauer and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy. The crystal and molecular structures of 1,3,5-(R3Sn)(3)C3N3S3 (R = Me, Ph) have been determined and contain tetrahedral organotin units in a 'manxane' arrangement about the central triazine. There are no close intermolecular interactions. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.