Organometallics

Electrophilic cleavages in (CH3) 3SnCH2M (CH3) 3 (M= Sn, Ge, Si, C). 1. Product distribution

DW Hawker, PR Wells

Index: Hawker, Darryl W.; Wells, Peter R. Organometallics, 1985 , vol. 4, p. 821 - 825

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Abstract

The extent to which Sn-CH2 and/or Sn-CH3 cleavage occurs in (CH3) 3SnCH2M (CH3) 3 (M= Sn, Ge, Si) in reactions with several electrophiles has been determined. With iodine and with bromine in various solvents both sites are attacked with Sn-CH2 cleavage favored for nonpolar solvents and for M= Sn. Protolysis leads to Sn-CH2 cleavage only, and this site appears to be activated by the (CH3) 3M groups. On the other hand organometallic ...