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  • Title: Structure of compounds E(SnMe3)4 (E = Si, Ge) as seen by high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction and solid-state NMR.
    Author: Dinnebier RE, Bernatowicz P, Helluy X, Sebald A, Wunschel M, Fitch A, van Smaalen S.
    Journal: Acta Crystallogr B; 2002 Feb; 58(Pt 1):52-61. PubMed ID: 11818654.
    Abstract:
    The compounds tetrakis(trimethylstannyl)germane, Ge(SnMe3)4 (1), and tetrakis(trimethylstannyl)silane, Si(SnMe3)4 (2), have crystal structures with the quasispherical molecules in a closed-packed stacking. At room temperature both structures have the space group P1 (Z = 2) with a = 9.94457 (5), b = 14.52927 (8), c = 9.16021 (5) A, alpha = 90.53390 (30), beta = 111.73080 (30), gamma = 90.0049 (4) degrees, and V = 1229.414 (12) A3 for (1) and a = 9.92009 (7), b = 14.51029 (11), c = 9.13585 (7) A, alpha = 90.4769 (4), beta = 111.6724 (4), gamma = 89.9877 (6) degrees, and V = 1222.037 (16) A3 for (2). The molecules are found to be ordered as a result of steric interactions between neighboring molecules, as shown by analyzing the distances between the atoms. Upon heating, both compounds undergo a first-order phase transition at temperatures T(c) = 348 +/- 5 K, as characterized by a relative jump of the lattice parameter of approximately 16%. At 353 K, both structures have the space group P1 (Z = 4), with a = 14.2037 (2) A, and V = 2865.52 (7) A3 for (1) and a = 14.1346 (2) A, and V = 2823.90 (7) A3 for (2). Rietveld refinements were performed for the low-temperature phases measured at T = 295 K [R(wp) = 0.0844 for (1), R(wp) = 0.0940 for (2)] and for the high-temperature phases measured at T = 353 K [R(wp) = 0.0891 for (1), R(wp) = 0.0542 for (2)]. The combination of high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction measurements and variable-temperature magic-angle-spinning 13C, 29Si and 119Sn NMR experiments demonstrates low crystallographic and molecular (C1) symmetries for the low-temperature phases of (1) and (2) at temperatures T < 348 +/- 5 K and high crystallographic symmetry due to rotational disorder for the high-temperature phases at temperatures T > 348 +/- 5 K.
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