One-pot reactions of diorganotin oxides, R
2SnO, with dimethyl sulfite under reflux conditions (125-127
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C)proceed via the Arbuzov rearrangement at the sulfur center, yielding the corresponding methoxydiorganotinmethanesulfonates, R
2Sn(OMe)OS(O)
2Me [R =
n-Pr (
1),
n-Bu (
2),
i-Bu (
3), c-Hx (
4)], as white, hygroscopicsolids. These compounds react with
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-diketones [acetylacetone (Hacac), benzoylacetone (Hbzac), and dibenzoylmethane (Hbzbz)] to afford mixed-ligand organotin derivatives, R
2Sn(X)OS(O)
2Me [X = acac, R =
n-Pr (
5),
n-Bu (
6); X = bzac, R =
n-Pr (
7),
n-Bu (
8); X = bzbz, R =
n-Pr (
9),
n-Bu (
10),
i-Bu (
11)]. Selective hydrolysisof the Sn-OMe bond in
1-
3 occurs, resulting in the isolation of (
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-hydroxo)diorganotin methanesulfonates,R
2Sn(OH)OS(O)
2Me [R =
n-Pr (
12),
n-Bu (
13),
i-Bu (
14)]. All the compounds are characterized by elementalanalyses and IR, multinuclear (
1H,
13C, and
119Sn) NMR, and mass spectra. Unequivocal evidence of the presenceof the methanesulfonate group is provided by the X-ray crystal structures of
6,
10, and
13. [For
6: trigonal spacegroup
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(No. 148),
a = 28.664(1) Å,
c = 13.056(1)Å,
Z = 18. For
10: triclinic space group
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(No. 2),
a =13.056(3) Å,
b = 14.062(3) Å,
c = 16.282(3) Å,
Z = 4. For
13: triclinic space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
(No. 2),
a = 9.089(2)Å,
b = 12.040(2) Å,
c =13.894(2) Å,
Z = 2]. For
6 and
10, the solid-state structural analyses reveal dimericstructures with a bridging bidentate methanesulfonate group forming a centrosymmetric eight-membered ring.Compound
13 possesses a polymeric sheet structure with repeating 20-membered macrocycles (including twofour-membered [Sn(OH)]
2 rings) by virtue of the bridging bidentate methanesulfonate groups. A search for apossible pathway to give Arbuzov-rearranged products
1-
4 leads us to speculate that there is an initial catalytictransformation of dimethyl sulfite to methyl methanesulfonate via intermediate compounds, Bu
2Sn(OMe)
2 (
A)and [Bu
2SnOMe]
2O (
B).
A and
B subsequently react with methyl methanesulfonate to give
1-
4.