Equimolecular reactions between R2SnO or R2SnCl2 (R= -CH3; -C4H9), in ethanol medium, with dl-mandelic acid, C6H5CH(OH)COOH, led to news compounds formulated as [(LR2Sn)2O] (L= C6H5CH(OH)COO-) in which the tin atom is pentacoordenated, with the ligand L performing a bidentate bonding mode through the both oxygen of acid and alcoholic hydroxylic groups. In the same conditions, any reaction product obtained from (C6H5)2SnO or (C6H5)2SnCl2 coud be identified. However when the reaction is performed with (C6H5)2SnCl2, in acetonitrile medium, a hexacoordenated compound formulated as [L(C6H5)2SnCl]2 is obtained in mixture with hydrated SnCl4. The reaction products were characterized by melting point, microanalysis, thermogravimetric analysis, infrared and Mössbauer spectroscopy.
Tin; tin complexes; diorganotin compounds; diorganomettalics compounds; a-hydroxycarboxylates; dl-mandelates
