Dibenzyl-dichloridotin(IV)

Temperature-Assisted Generation of Arylmethyl Radicals from Bis(arylmethyl)tin Dichlorides: Efficient Reagents for C s p 3 ${{{\bf C}}_{{{\bf s p}}^{3}}}$ - C s p 2 ${{{\bf C}}_{{{\bf s p}}^{2}}}$ Bond-Forming Reactions

The oxidative-addition reaction between an arylmethyl chloride (RCH₂ Cl; R=1-C₁₀ H₇ , 2,4,6-Me₃ C₆ H₂ , 4-MeC₆ H₄ , 3-MeC₆ H₄ , C₆ H₅ , 4-ClC₆ H₄ ) and tin powder in boiling toluene produces bis(arylmethyl)tin dichlorides, [(RCH₂ )₂ SnCl₂ ] in good yields. At 160 °C in mesitylene bis(1-naphthylmethyl)tin dichloride undergoes Sn-C homolytic cleavage to generate two 1-naphthylmethyl radicals (1-C₁₀ H₇ CH₂ ⋅) which were trapped by TEMPO (C₉ H₈ NO⋅). Subsequently, the radicals (RCH₂ ⋅) produced in this manner were utilized for efficient substitution reactions with electron-rich arenes (R'H; R'=2,4,6-Me₃ C₆ H₂ , 1,2,4,5-Me₄ C₆ H, 1,2,3,4,5-Me₅ C₆ ) to obtain a variety of unsymmetrical diarylmethanes (RR'CH₂ ). The addition of one equivalent of iodine (I₂ ) to the reaction mixture resulted in a significant increase in the yields of coupled products.

Crystal structure of 2-(pyridin-2-ylamino)pyridinium chloride dibenzyldichlorostannane, [C10H10N3]Cl, C14H14Cl2Sn

C24H24Cl3N3Sn, triclinic, P1̄ (no. 2), a = 10.2029(2) Å, b = 10.6071(2) Å, c = 12.1389(3) Å, α = 71.395(2)°, β = 82.665(2)°, γ = 73.340(2)°, V = 1191.84(5) Å3, Z = 2, R gt(F) = 0.0175, wR ref(F 2) = 0.0447, T = 100(2) K.