Diorganotin(IV) Complexes of Methyl 2-{[(E)-8-Oxo-5,8-dihydroquinolin-5- ylidene]hydrazino}benzoate

Three cis-bis{5-[(E)-2-(2-carbomethoxyphenyl)-1- diazenyl]quinolinolato}-diorganotin(IV), R2Sn(L)2, complexes [R = Me (1), Ph (2) and Bz (3)] were synthesized and characterized by 1H-, 13C-, 119Sn- NMR, IR, and 119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopic techniques in combination with elemental analysis. The structure of diphenyltin(IV) complex Ph2Sn(L)2 (2) was determined by single-crystal X-ray crystallography as its tri-benzene solvate. Each complex was found to adopt a distorted cis-R2 octahedral arrangement around the tin atom with the quinolinolato ligands being N,O-chelating; the oxygen atoms are trans to each other. The complexes retain their solid- state structure in non-coordinating solvents as evidenced by 119Sn-NMR spectroscopy.