Theoretical study of the formation of a spiro-Sn-heterocyclic compound by cycloaddition reaction of Me2C=Sn: and ethene

摘要

X2C=Sn: compounds (X=H, Me, F, Cl, Br, Ph, Ar) are new species. The cycloaddition reactions of X2C=Sn: are also a new study field of unsaturated stannylene chemistry. The mechanism of cycloaddition reaction between singlet Me2C=Sn: and ethene was investigated for the first time using the MP2/GENECP (C, H in 6-311++G**; Sn in LanL2dz) method. From the potential energy profile, it was predicted that the reaction has one dominant channel in which the 5p unoccupied orbital of Sn: in Me2C=Sn: and the orbital of ethene form a pi - p donor-acceptor bond in an intermediate product. Instability of the intermediate product results in its isomerization to a four-membered ring of stannylene. The four-membered stannylene further combines with ethene to form another intermediate product that further isomerizes to a spiro-Sn-heterocyclic ring compound.