Chemistry:Trimethyltin chloride

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Trimethyltin chloride
Skeletal formula of trimethyltin chloride
Ball-and-stick model of the trimethyltin chloride molecule
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Chlorotri(methyl)stannane
Other names
  • Chlorotrimethylstannane
  • Chlorotrimethyltin
  • Trimethyl chlorostannane
  • Trimethylchlorotin
  • Trimethylstannyl chloride
  • Trimethyltin chloride
  • Trimethyltin monochloride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
EC Number
  • 213-917-8
UNII
UN number 3146 2786
Properties
(CH
3
)
3
SnCl
Molar mass 199.27 g·mol−1
Appearance White solid
Odor Malodorous
Melting point 38.5 °C (101.3 °F; 311.6 K)[1]
Boiling point 148 °C (298 °F; 421 K)
Hazards
Safety data sheet External MSDS
GHS pictograms GHS06: ToxicGHS09: Environmental hazard
GHS Signal word Danger
H300, H310, H330, H410
P260, P262, P264, P270, P271, P273, P280, P284, P301+310, P302+350, P304+340, P310, P320, P322, P330, P361, P363, P391, P403+233, P405
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Trimethyltin chloride is an organotin compound with the formula (CH
3
)
3
SnCl
. It is a white solid that is highly toxic and malodorous. It is susceptible to hydrolysis.

Synthesis

Trimethyltin chloride can be prepared by the redistribution reaction of tetramethyltin with tin tetrachloride.[3]

SnCl
4
+ 3 Sn(CH
3
)
4
→ 4 (CH
3
)
3
SnCl

This redistribution reaction is typically performed with no solvent because high temperatures are required and purification is simplified.

A second route to (CH
3
)
3
SnCl
involves treating the corresponding hydroxide or oxide (in the following reaction, trimethyltin hydroxide (CH
3
)
3
SnOH
) with a halogenating agent such as hydrogen chloride or thionyl chloride (SOCl
2
):

(CH
3
)
3
SnOH + HCl → (CH
3
)
3
SnCl + H
2
O

Uses

Trimethyltin chloride is used as a source of the trimethylstannyl group ((CH
3
)
3
Sn–
).[4] For example, it is a precursor to vinyltrimethylstannane ((CH
3
)
3
SnCH=CH
2
)[5] and indenyltrimethylstanane (CH
3
)
3
SnC
9
H
7
(see Transition metal indenyl complex):[6]

CH
2
=CHMgBr + (CH
3
)
3
SnCl → (CH
3
)
3
SnCH=CH
2
+ MgBrCl
LiC
9
H
7
+ (CH
3
)
3
SnCl → (CH
3
)
3
SnC
9
H
7
+ LiCl

An example of an organolithium reagent reacting with (CH
3
)
3
SnCl
to form a tin-carbon bond is:

LiCH(Si(CH
3
)
3
)(Ge(CH
3
)
3
) + (CH
3
)
3
SnCl → (CH
3
)
3
SnCH(Si(CH
3
)
3
)(Ge(CH
3
)
3
) + LiCl

Organotin compounds derived from Me
3
SnCl
are useful in organic synthesis, especially in radical chain reactions. (CH
3
)
3
SnCl
is a precursor to compounds used in PVC stabilization. Reduction of trimethyltin chloride with sodium gives hexamethylditin:[7]

2 Na + 2 (CH
3
)
3
SnCl → (CH
3
)
3
Sn–Sn(CH
3
)
3
+ 2 NaCl

References

  1. Lide, D. R.; Milne, G. W. (1994). Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. 4 (3rd ed.). CRC Press. p. 4973. 
  2. "Trimethyltin chloride" (in en). https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/14016#section=Safety-and-Hazards. 
  3. Scott, W. J.; Crisp, G. T.; Stille, J. K. (1990). "Palladium-catalyzed Coupling of Vinyl Triflates with Organostannanes: 4-tert-Butylcyclohexen-1-yl)-2-propen-1-one". Organic Syntheses 68: 116. http://www.orgsyn.org/demo.aspx?prep=cv8p0097. ; Collective Volume, 8, pp. 97 
  4. Davies, A. G. (2008). "Tin Organometallics". Comprehensive Organometallic Chemistry. 3. Elsevier. pp. 809–883. doi:10.1016/B0-08-045047-4/00054-6. ISBN 9780080450476. 
  5. William J. Scott; G. T. Crisp; J. K. Stille (1990). "Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling of Vinyl Triflates with Organostannanes: 4-tert-Butyl-1-vinylcyclohexene and 1-(4-tert-Butylcyclohexen-1-yl)-2-propen-1-one". Organic Syntheses 68: 116. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.068.0116. 
  6. Robert J. Morris; Scott L. Shaw; Jesse M. Jefferis; James J. Storhoff; Dean M. Goedde (1998). "Monoindenyltrichloride Complexes of Titanium(IV), Zirconium(IV), and Hafnium(IV)". Inorganic Syntheses. Inorganic Syntheses. 32. pp. 215–221. doi:10.1002/9780470132630.ch36. ISBN 9780470132630. 
  7. Eisch, John J. (1981). Organometallic Syntheses II. New York: Academic Press. pp. 167. ISBN 0-12-234950-4.