Abstract A study of the syntheses and some properties of several methyl substituted acyclic and cyclic bidentate organotin Lewis acids has been carried out. Of particular interest were cyclic species with 7-, 8-, 9-and 10-membered rings. The distannaalkanes and distannacycloalkanes were converted to the chlorides by chlorodemethylation with tin chlorides or mercuric chloride; this reaction was accompanied by ring cleavage in some ...
[Gately, Daniel A.; Luther, Thomas A.; Norton, Jack R.; Miller, Mary M.; Anderson, Oren P. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1992 , vol. 57, # 24 p. 6496 - 6502]
