Pentacoordinated Complexes of Triphenyltin(IV) with Bidentate N-Phenyl-o-iminophenols

The reactions of functionalized o -iminophenols L 1 H–L 5 H (L 1 H is 2-benzylideneaminophenol, L 2 H is 2-benzylideneamino-5-methylphenol, L 3 H is 2-benzylideneamino-5-chlorophenol, L 4 H is 2-benzylideneamino-3-nitrophenol, and L 5 H is 2-benzylideneamino-4-nitrophenol) with triphenyltin(IV) bromide in the presence of the base afford the corresponding triphenyltin complexes I – V with o -iminophenolate ligands of the general form (L n )SnPh 3 . The molecular structures of complexes II and III in the crystalline form are determined by X-ray diffraction (CIF files CCDC № 2131549 ( II ) and 2131548 ( III )).