Raman and far-infrared spectra of triphenyltin isochalcocyanates and their adducts with O- and N-donor ligands: the crystal and molecular structure of isocyanato-triphenyl (pyridine-N-oxide) tin
Solid state infrared and Raman data (350–100 cm−1) are reported for Ph3SnNCY (Y = O, S, Se) and their 1:1 adducts with hexamethylphosphoramide (HMPA), pyridine-N-oxide (pyO), 4-picoline-N-oxide (4-picO), triphenylphosphine oxide (Ph3PO), and pyridine (py), as well as for Ph3SnNCSe•L where L = β-pic (β-picoline) or γ-pic (γ-picoline), and assignments are given. The crystal structure of Ph3SnNCO•pyO was determined by single crystal X-ray analysis. The compound crystallizes in space group Pbca with a = 14.443(3), b = 16.676(4), c = 17.523(6) Å (−110 °C); Z = 8. The structure was solved by the direct method and refined by full-matrix least-squares methods to R = 0.024 for 2086 observed reflections. The tin atom has distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination with the isocyanate group and pyridine-N-oxide at the apices of the bipyramid and phenyl rings in the equatorial positions. Changes in v(Sn—NCY) on adduct formation are correlated with either increased coordination at tin (Y = O) or breaking of strong chalcocyanate bridges with tin remaining five-coordinate (Y = S, Se).