Substituent-dependent exchange mechanisms in highly fluxional RSn9(3-) anions

F Sanem Kocak; Peter Y Zavalij; Yiu-Fai Lam; Bryan W Eichhorn

doi:10.1039/b905239a

Substituent-dependent exchange mechanisms in highly fluxional RSn9(3-) anions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jul 28:(28):4197-9. doi: 10.1039/b905239a. Epub 2009 Jun 12.

Authors

F Sanem Kocak¹, Peter Y Zavalij, Yiu-Fai Lam, Bryan W Eichhorn

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.

PMID: 19585019
DOI: 10.1039/b905239a

Abstract

119Sn NMR studies show that the RSn9(3-) ions (R=i-Pr, Sn(C6H11)3) are highly fluxional in solution, where the exchange mechanisms involve rapid migration of the R group in the latter but not in the former.