Acta Crystallographica Section C

Crystal Structure Communications

Volume 59, Part 9 (September 2003)

Acta Cryst. (2003). C59, m361-m365 [doi:10.1107/S0108270103012642]

cis-Bis(acetonitrile)tetrachlorotin(IV) acetonitrile solvate, cis-tetrachlorobis(propiononitrile)tin(IV) propiononitrile solvate, cis-tetrachlorobis(isobutyronitrile)tin(IV), cis-tetrachlorobis(cyclohexanecarbonitrile)tin(IV) and cis-tetrachlorobis(o-toluonitrile)tin(IV), all determined at ca 150 K

G. A. Koutsantonis, T. S. Morien, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White

Abstract: The structures of the title compounds, [SnCl₄(C₂H₃N)₂]·C₂H₃N, [SnCl₄(C₃H₅N)₂]·C₃H₅N, [SnCl₄(C₄H₇N)₂], [SnCl₄(C₇H₁₁N)₂] and [SnCl₄(C₈H₇N)₂], were determined with the intention of examining the effect of various substituent types in nitrile ligands, RCN, behaving in a common [bold sigma] -donor situation {in this case, as cis-bis complexes with SnCl₄, viz. [SnCl₄(RCN)₂]}, on (i) the strength of complex formation with the metal atom and (ii) other bonding behaviour of the metal (for example, trans effects). The five structures exhibit no non-trivial systematic perturbation that can be said to be contingent on the substituent type.

Formula: Five nitrile complexes of SnCl₄

Online 16 August 2003


	Structure factor file (CIF format) (138.8 kbytes) Contains datablock I

	Structure factor file (CIF format) (504.0 kbytes) Contains datablock II

	Structure factor file (CIF format) (592.3 kbytes) Contains datablock III

	Structure factor file (CIF format) (564.5 kbytes) Contains datablock IV

	Structure factor file (CIF format) (580.6 kbytes) Contains datablock V

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