Abstract
Eight compounds of general formula [R1(CH3)2SiCH2]2Sn- [O2CCH2(R2)CHGeR3 3]2 [R1 = CH3, C2H5; R2 = C6H5, C6H4OMe-3/4, R3 = CH3, N(CH2CH2O)3] have been synthesised from [R1 (CH3)2SiCH2]2SnCl2 and R3 3GeCH(R2)CH2CO2H in the presence of triethylamine. (Me3CCH2)3SnO2CCH2(R1)CHGe(R2)3 [R1 = C6H5, C6H4OMe-3; R2 = N(CH2CH2O)3] have been synthesised similarly from (Me3CCH2)3SnCl. The compounds have been characterised by 1H, 13C, 29Si and 119Sn NMR. The structure of a precursor, Cl3GeCH(Ph)CH2CO2H, has been re-determined and shown to be a hydrogen-bonded dimer rather than a monomer as previously described.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
M. Mazhar is thankful to the Pakistan Science Foundation for financing the project, to Professor T. N. Mitchell, University of Dortmund, Germany, for gifts of chloromethyltrimethylsilane, tris(neopentyl)tin bromide and germanium dioxide. M. A. Choudhary is grateful to the University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, for granting a study leave.