Organotin chemistry

Catenation is well established in organotin chemistry and distannane derivatives can be prepared by standard methods (see Ge, p. 396). The compounds are more reactive than organodiger-manes e.g. Sn2Meg (mp 23°) inflames in air at its bp (182°) and absorbs oxygen slowly at room temperature to give (Me2Sn)20. Typical routes to higher polystannanes are ... 

About 1000 papers are published annually on organotin chemistry, and we have been able to include only 5% of these. We have deliberately avoided treating in depth those aspects of the subject that have been thoroughly reviewed recently, and, in particular, we have avoided duplicating the excellent surveys of the use of organotin compounds in organic synthesis (4), of " "Sn Mossbauer spectroscopy (5-9), and of Sn NMR spectroscopy (10-12) that are available. 

The older literature on organotin chemistry is reviewed in references (13) to (16), and the periodical surveys are listed in references (17) to (30). Recent reviews of specific aspects of the subject are referred to at the appropriate place in the text, or are listed in references (31) to (34). 

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