The condensation of [Ph2(OH)Sn(CH2)
n
Sn(OH)Ph2] (1−3; n = 1−3) with HO3SCF3 and
HO2PPh2 provided [Ph2Sn(CH2)
n
SnPh2(OH)](O3SCF3) (4−6; n = 1−3) and [Ph2(O2PPh2)Sn(CH2)
n
Sn(O2PPh2)Ph2] (10−12; n = 1−3), respectively. The reaction of [Ph2Sn(CH2)
n
SnPh2(OH)](O3SCF3) (4−6; n = 1−3) with HO2PPh2 and NaO2PPh2 gave rise to the formation
of [Ph2Sn(CH2)
n
SnPh2(O2PPh2)](O3SCF3) (7−9; n = 1−3) and [Ph2(OH)Sn(CH2)
n
Sn(O2PPh2)Ph2] (13−15; n = 1−3), respectively. In the solid state, compounds 4−9 comprise ion pairs
of cationic cyclo-[Ph2SnCH2SnPh2(OH)]2
2+, cyclo-[Ph2Sn(CH2)
n
SnPh2(OH)]+ (n = 2, 3), and
cyclo-[Ph2Sn(CH2)
n
SnPh2(O2PPh2)]+ (n = 1−3) and triflate anions. In MeCN, the eight-membered-ring system cyclo-[Ph2SnCH2SnPh2(OH)]2
2+ appears to be in equilibrium with
the four-membered-ring system cyclo-[Ph2SnCH2SnPh2(OH)]+. In contrast, compounds 10−15 show no ionic character. Compounds 1−15 were characterized by multinuclear NMR
spectroscopy in solution and in the solid state, IR spectroscopy, conductivity measurements,
electrospray mass spectrometry, osmometric molecular weight determinations, and X-ray
crystallography (4, 5, 7, and 12).