Synthesis and spectral characterisation of organotin(IV) 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trithiolato complexes, including the crystal structures of 1,3,5-(R3Sn)3C3N3S3 (R=Me, Ph)

Novel organotin(IV) 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-trithiolato complexes: (R3Sn)3C3N3S3, (R=Ph, Bz, Me, Bu) and (R2Sn)3(C3N3S3)2, (R=Ph, Me) have been prepared and characterised by elemental analysis, FT-IR, Mössbauer and multinuclear NMR spectroscopy. The crystal and molecular structures of 1,3,5-(R3Sn)3C3N3S3 (R=Me, Ph) have been determined and contain tetrahedral organotin units in a ‘manxane’ arrangement about the central triazine. There are no close intermolecular interactions.