Structure and <i>in vitro</i> antifungal activity of [2,6‐bis(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl]diphenyltin(IV) compounds

Abstract

Abstract A set of seven [2,6‐bis(dimethylaminomethyl)phenyl]diphenyltin(IV) ({[(CH 3 ) 2 NCH 2 ] 2 (C 6 H 3 )}­(C 6 H 5 ) 2 Sn + X − ) ionic organotin(IV) compounds (X = Br, NO 3 , CN, SCN, SeCN, BF 4 and PF 6 ) has been prepared and characterized by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, 1 H NMR spectroscopy in CDCl 3 , 119 Sn NMR in CDCl 3 and DMSO‐ d 6 solution, as well as by 13 C and 119 Sn CP/MAS NMR spectroscopy and X‐ray diffraction techniques in the solid state. The in vitro antifungal activity of these water‐soluble ionic organotin(IV) compounds was compared with starting compounds and the antifungal drugs currently in clinical use. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.