Dipeptide complexes of the diethyltin(IV) moiety, Et2SnL, have been synthesized, H2L being glycylglycine (H2GlyGly), glycylalanine (H2GlyAla), alanylalanine (H2AlaAla), glycylvaline (H2GlyVal), valylvaline (H2ValVal), glycylmethionine (H2GlyMet), glycyltyrosine (H2GlyTyr). The crystal and molecular structure of the complex Et2SnGlyTyr has been determined by singlecrystal X‐ray diffraction. It consists of monomeric units, with the tin atom having a considerably distorted trigonal bipyramidal environment. The dipeptide acts as a tridentate ligand bonding the tin of the C2Sn fragment (equatorial carbon atoms) with the peptide nitrogen atom (equatorial) and axial (monodentate) carboxyl oxygen and amino nitrogen atoms, into a monomeric unit. Bond lengths and angles are reported. Infrared spectroscopic data show the occurrence of monodentate carboxyl in all solid compounds, as well as in methanol solutions of some representative complexes. 119Sn Mössbauer spectroscopic data, and their rationalization through point‐charge model (literal version) calculations of the parameter nuclear quadrupole splitting (ΔE) confirm the general occurrence of trigonal bipyramidal structures of the Et2SnGlyTyr type, in the solid state, and give evidence of variations of the CSnC angle in the individual Et2SnL species. Monomers occur in CH3OH solution as suggested by osmometric measurements. 13C and 119Sn NMR spectroscopic data in CD3OD show the persistence of the solid‐state structures also in the solution phase, where the order of magnitude of the CSnC angles, as estimated from the coupling constants |1J(119Sn,13C)|, corresponds to that shown by Et2SnGlyTyr in the solid state. 119Sn Mössbauer parameters of Et2SnGlyGly in frozen CH3OH solution are consistent with the assumptions from the NMR studies.

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In vivo tests with MezGeglygly showed no toxic or antitumor activity against murine leukemia P388.

Dicyclohexyltin derivatives Cy,SnL(Cy = cyclohexyl) of the dipeptides H,L, glycylglycine, glycylalanine, alanylglycine, glycylvaline, glycylmethionine, glycylphenylalanine and glycyltyrosine, have been obtained by neutralization of Cy,SnO and H,L.The crystal structures of Cy,SnL (L = glycylglycinate, glycylalaninate) have been determined by single X-ray diffraction. Tin in each case has a distorted trigonal bipyramidal environment with the dipeptide acting as a tridentate NNO-ligand. From IR-data, and in some cases from '19Sn Mossbauer and '19Sn NMR data, analogous molecular structures are inferred for the other compounds Cy,SnL. Spectroscopic data indicate that the solid-state structures are retained in organic solvents.In oitro tests showed Cy,SnL (H,L= glycylglycine, glycylalanine, alanylglycine, glycylphenylalanine, glycyltyrosine) to exhibit high cytotoxicity against MDA/MB 231 breast cancer cells, while Me,SnL (L = glycylalaninate, glycyltyrosinate, glycyltryptophanate), and R,Snglycylglycinate (R = n-Bu, Ph) proved to be much less active.

Triorganotin(IV) derivatives of N‐acetyldipeptides R3SnAcDip; RMe, Et, n‐Bu, n‐Oct, Cy or Ph (HAcDipN‐acetylglycylglycine and N‐acetylglycylvaline; RMe, n‐Bu, Cy, HAcDipN‐acetylglycylalanine) were obtained by neutralization of R3SnOH and HAcDip. The complexes were studied by means of 119Sn Mössbauer, IR and 1H, 13C and 119Sn NMR spectroscopy. The CSnC bond angles have been inferred by rationalization of Mössbauer nuclear quadrupole splittings as well as from NMR coupling constants. Correlations of Mössbauer isomer shifts with partial atomic charges on tin atoms have been determined: Polymeric trigonal bipyramidal structures, with near‐planar R3Sn units and axial carboxylate (unidentate) and CO amide donor groups are inferred for all the compounds in the solid state, except for Cy3SnAcGlyVal for which a tetrahedral structure is proposed. In solution the complexes are monomeric; in methanol a solvent molecule is coordinated to tin which then is still in a trigonal bipyramidal environment.