Structural studies on some trifluoro-β-diketonates of tin(IV) and lead(II)

Abstract

Organotin(IV), tin(IV) and lead(II) trifluoro-β-diketonates have been prepared and characterized on the basis of IR. 1H and 13C NMR data. All the organotin(IV) complexes are thermally stable liquids. SnCl2(CF3COCHCOPh)2 (7) is characterized by X-ray crystallography which reveals a distorted cis-octahedral structure. X- ray diffraction analysis of Pb(CF3COCHCOC6H4-p-Cl)2 (8) shows a highly distorted trigonal bipyramidal structure.