Synthesis, spectral, thermal and anti-fungal studies of organotin(IV) thiohydrazone complexes.

The reaction of tribenzyltin(IV) chloride and di(para-chlorobenzyl)tin(IV) dichloride with thiohydrazones derived by condensation of 2-phenylethyl N-thiohydrazide with benzaldehyde, salicaldehyde, p-methylacetophenone and cinnamaldehyde have been investigated in 1:1 molar ratio. These ligands act as neutral, bidentate species and coordinate to the central tin (IV) atom through the thiosulphur and azomethine nitrogen. The newly synthesized complexes have been characterized by elemental analysis and molecular weight determination. The mode of bonding of the complexes has been suggested on the basis of infrared, electronic and (1)H NMR spectroscopy, and probable structures have been assigned to these complexes. Phenomenological and kinetic parameters have been calculated using thermogravimetric (TG) and differential thermal analytical (DTA) curves and their variations have been correlated with some structural parameters of the complexes. The ligands and their tin(IV) complexes have been screened in vitro for their fungicidal activity against Rhizoctonia solanii and Sclerotium rolfsii and found to be quite active in this respect.