Reaction of R(Ph)SnCl2(R=Me, Et) with 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis(thiosemicarbazone) (H2DAPTSC): the crystal structures of [Me(Ph)Sn(HDAPTSC)]Cl · 1.25 MeOH and [Et(Ph)Sn(H2DAPTSC)]Cl2 · MeOH · H2O

The reactions of Me(Ph)SnCl2 and Et(Ph)SnCl2 with 2,6-diacetylpyridine bis(thiosemicarbazone) (H2DAPTSC) afforded the complexes [Me(Ph)Sn(HDAPTSC)]Cl · 1.25MeOH (1) and [Et(Ph)Sn(H2DAPTSC)]Cl2 · MeOH · H2O (2), respectively. Single-crystal X-ray crystallography showed that in both complexes the ligand, monodeprotonated in 1 and neutral in 2, is S(1),S(2),N(3),N(4),N(5)-coordinated, and the coordination geometry around the metal can be described as a distorted pentagonal bipyramid with the aryl and alkyl groups in axial positions. 1H and 119Sn NMR studies of solution in DMSO suggest that 2 dissociates completely in this solvent, while 1 evolves to the new complex [Me(Ph)Sn(DAPTSC)], with release of H2DAPTSC and Me(Ph)SnCl2. These conclusions were also supported by conductivity measurements.