Organotin Compounds with Iron and Ruthenium

The organotin derivatives containing a direct tin-iron and tin-ruthenium bond listed in Table 259 prepared by methods from the ensuing scheme. 

R = organic group, M = alkali metal, n = I-3, X halogen, = CsH5M (C0)2  

with Thermal dec. at 1 0 in sealed tube Me4Sn + [Me2SnFe(C0)4l2 (90 )  

By rxn. of Cl2Sn[C5H5Fe(C0)2]2 with MeLi in THF at -80 , in 86% yield 

Yellow cryst. (200 ), IR (90, 1268, 200, 2559) Moessbauer resonance (1257) spectra, force const. (2559)/ struct. (1268). 

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Listing of bimetallic organotin compounds with iron and ruthenium concludes in Table 259 with the exception of one compound which appears on page 868. Other bimetallic and polymetallic derivatives may be found in Chapters. 5.6.1 and 6-6, respectively. 

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