Deuterium isotope effects on the 119Sn shielding constants and spin–spin coupling constants in stannane and the stannonium cation
Deuterium induced isotope effects on the 119Sn chemical shielding constants have been measured for stannane and the stannonium cation; they are found to be approximately −0.403 ppm/D and −0.05 ppm/D respectively. The 119Sn shifts in the series SnDnH4−n (n ≤ 4) deviate from additivity as predicted by Jameson and Osten. The primary and secondary isotope effects on Sn–H spin–spin coupling for stannane were obtained and are −2.8 Hz and −1.7 Hz respectively. The primary isotope effect for Sn–H spin–spin coupling for the stannonium cation was found to be −11.6 ± 7 Hz; an accurate value for the secondary isotope effect on the spin–spin coupling could not be obtained. The derivative of the 119Sn shielding constant and J (Sn,H) with respect to extensions in the equilibrium bond length have been calculated for stannane.