Derivatives of D(‐)–α‐aminobenzylpenicillin (ampicillin) and of 2,6‐dimethoxyphenylpenicillin (methicillin) with diorgano‐ and triorgano‐tin(IV) moieties have been synthesized. The stoichiometries of the compounds obtained were of the type R2SnClL·H2O, R3SnClL·H2O [L=ampicillin or methicillin monoanion; R=Me, Bu, Ph] and R2Snampic2· 2H2O (ampic=ampicillin; R=Me, Bu, Ph). For R2SnClL·H2O and R3SnClL Na· ‐ H2O, infrared (IR) data suggest five‐coordination around the tin(IV) atom; in R2Snampic2· 2H2O six‐coordination is most likely to occur. Thermogravimetric (TG) analysis excludes any involvement in the coordination of tin(IV) by water molecules, in any of the compounds. Trigonal bipyramidal configurations in the solid state are proposed for both R2SnClL·H2O and R3SnClL Na·H2O (L=ampicillin or methicillin) on the basis of the above‐mentioned IR and Mössbauer data.
As far as R2Snampic2·2H2O compounds are concerned, the coordination geometry at tin could be, as previously reported for analogous R2Snamox2.2H2O derivatives, skew‐trapezoidal bipyramidal, the monoanionic bidentate chelating ampicillin residue being in the trapezoidal plane and having bent axial organic groups.
Electronegativity equalization procedures have been applied to idealized trigonal bipyramidal structures for R2SnClL·H2O and R3SnClL Na·H2O (L=ampicillin or methicillin) and to octahedral trans‐R2for R2Snampic2·2H2O, to estimate the partial atomic charges on the tin atoms, Q s n, which have been correlated with the isomer shift (δ) Mössbauer parameter.