Octakis(2,6-diethylphenyl)octastannacubane

Abstract

Thermolysis of hexakis(2,6diethylphenyl)-cyclotristannane (2) in naphthalene provides red octakis-(2,Gdiethylphenyl)octastannacubane (l), which has been fully characterized, including crystallographic analysis. Compound 1 represents the first example of the organostannane cluster series (RSn)_n.