Probing the Ground-State δ Effect of Group 14 Metal Substituents. X-Ray Structures of cis- and trans-4-Trimethylmetal-Substituted Cyclohexyl p-Nitrobenzenesulfonates

Abstract

Accurate low-temperature X-ray structural studies on trans-4-trimethylsilylcyclohexyl p-nitrobenzene- sulfonate (31) and cis- and trans-4-trimethylstannylcyclohexyl p-nitrobenzenesulfonates (32) and (33) failed to demonstrate the presence of any significant structural effects due to a σ_M-C-σ_C-C-σ*_C-O through-bond interaction between the C–M σ donor orbital and the σ*_C-ONs acceptor orbital.