Sn[(CH 2 ) 4 SnPh 2 (CH 2 ) 3 OH] 3 (9a, b). All compounds were characterized by multinuclear NMR studies( 1 H, 13 C, 119 Sn), mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF, EI) and elemental analyses. Contract/grant sponsor: Fonds der Chemischen Industrie, Schering A.G.. to the peripheral tin atoms in the second-generation tincentered dendrimers Sn{(CH 2 ) n Sn[(CH 2 ) 4 SnPh 3 ] 3 } 4 (n = 3, 4) resulted in the formation of mixtures of different incompletely substituted and inseparable compounds. 27 Third-generation tin-centered dendrimers are not available by this route.Another possibility to get dendrimers containing a high percentage of tin is to start with alkyl-bridged ditin hexaalkenides (C n H 2n−1 ) 3 Sn(CH 2 ) m Sn(C n H 2n−1 ) 3 as a core. Distannylated alkyl compounds including compounds with short alkyl spacers have been known since 1930 31 and compounds containing aromatic spacers have been known since as early as 1925. 32 Recently, Dakternieks and coworkers 33 and Jousseaume et al. 34 investigated α,ω-ditin hexaalkenides and arylides as starting compounds for new materials. Here we describe the synthesis and characterization of two new α, ω-bis [tri -(w -triphenylstannyl) butylstannyl] alkanes and some of their derivatives as starting materials for organotin dendrimers.
Main Group Metal Compoundssubstituents accessible for further reactions to build up second-generation dendrimers with a high tin content. In consideration of our earlier results, 26,27,29 demonstrating that hydrostannylation of vinyl and allyl tin compounds is accompanied by unwanted redistribution reactions, we chose 1,4-bis(tribut-3-enylstannyl)butane and 1,5-bis(tribut-3-enylstannyl)pentane as starting materials. Scheme 1. Synthesis of compounds 4a, b. Scheme 2. Synthesis of compounds 5a, b. Main Group Metal Compounds α,ω-bis [tri -(w -triphenylstannyl) butylstannyl] alkanes 523 Scheme 3. Synthesis of compounds 6a, b.Figure 1. 119 Sn{ 1 H}NMR spectra of compounds 6a and 6b in CDCl 3 .Figure 2. MALDI-TOF mass spectra of 6a and 6b. Scheme 4. Synthesis of compounds 7a, b, 8a, b and 9a, b.These first-generation dendrimers 6a, b, 7a, b, 8a, b, and 9a, b could not be crystallized, thus excluding X-ray structural determination. However, the purity and the correctness of the proposed structures of the compounds were proved by their NMR and MALDI-TOF spectra. They are potential starting materials for the synthesis of dendrimers of the second generation. Further work in this area is in progress.
EXPERIMENTAL GeneralAll manipulations involving air-sensitive compounds were carried out in dry, oxygen-free solvents under an inert atmosphere of nitrogen using standard Schlenk techniques. Melting points were measured in sealed capillaries with