Synthesis, Spectroscopic Characterization and Crystal and Molecular Structures of {Ph4P[(Se04 )(SnPh3 )(SnPh3X)]}n (X = Cl, Br)

The reactions of bis[triphenyltin(IV)] selenate monohydrate [(Ph3Sn)2O4Se · H2O ] with tetraphenylphosphonium halides Ph4PX (X = Cl, Br) led to the formation of 1:1 complexes of formula {Ph4P[(SeO4)(SnPh3 (SnPh3X)]k [X = Br (I) or Cl (II)], which were characterized by infrared, Mössbauer and H, 13C and Sn 119Sn NMR techniques and by X-ray diffractometry. The complexes have polymeric structures in which the [SnPh3]+ units alternate with bridging [SeO4]2- units, each of which also bears an SnPh3X side chain. In both the [SnPh3]+ and the [SnPh3X] units the coordination polyhedron of the tin atom is a distorted trigonal bipyramid.