M
e3SnONM
e2 has b
een pr
epar
ed from trim
ethyltin chlorid
e and
O-lithio-
N,N-dim
ethylhydroxylamin
e and charact
eriz
ed by IR and NMR sp
ectroscopy, mass sp
ectrom
etry, and
el
em
ental analysis. Its gas-phas
e mol
ecular structur
e has b
een d
et
ermin
ed by
el
ectrondiffraction augm
ent
ed by r
estraints tak
en from ab initio calculations at th
e MP2/DZ(P) l
ev
elof th
eory. A s
econdary int
eraction (Sn···N, 2.731(14) Å) b
etw
een th
e tin and nitrog
en atomshas b
een d
et
ect
ed and mak
es M
e3SnONM
e2 th
e first partially hyp
ercoordinat
e tin compoundstudi
ed in th
e gas phas
e. A solid-stat
e structur
e of M
e3SnONM
e2 has b
een d
et
ermin
ed byX-ray diffraction of an in situ grown singl
e crystal. In th
e crystal lattic
e th
e coordinationsph
er
e of tin is furth
er
enlarg
ed by a w
eak int
ermol
ecular Sn···O contact (2.998(10) Å) anda 4+2 coordination g
eom
etry is achi
ev
ed, which can b
e d
educ
ed from that of a distort
edtrigonal bipyramid with on
e of th
e axial substitu
ents r
eplac
ed by th
e two w
eak contacts.Important g
eom
etry param
et
er valu
es ar
e as follows (gas/solid): Sn-O 2.006(3)/2.063(6) Å,O-N 1.468(6)/1.440(9) Å, Sn-C(in plan
e) 2.148(4)/2.163(14) Å, Sn-C(out of plan
e) 2.146(3)/2.062(9) and 2.185(10) Å, Sn-O-N 102.5(8)/101.5(4)
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es/
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es/d
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e) 99.6(10)/99.7(4)
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es/
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es/d
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e) 108.1(6)/119.6(4)
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