Stereoselective substitution reactions at the metal atom of optically active organo-tin compounds

Abstract

Besides the classical resolution of enantiomeric tetraorganotin compounds, which is a quite long and tedious route to optically active molecules, the use of chiral reagents provides a very simple way to synthesize optically active triorganotin compounds like triorganotin hydrides for instance. Their optical stability is sufficient to transform them stereoselectively into other optically stable organotin compounds like tetraorganotins, hexaorganoditins or into optically unstable triorganotin halides. The optically stability of triorganostannyl transition metal complexes is such that it is realistic to undertake the synthesis of optically active tin-transition metal compounds in order to study the stereochemistry of substitution compounds at their tin atom. © IUPACSCOPUS: ar.jinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe