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Molecular-level processing of functional materials is accompanied by several intrinsic advantages such as precise control over stoichiometry, phase selective synthesis, and uniform substrate coverage. We report here on the synthesis of a new heteroleptic molecular precursor containing (i) a thiolate ligand forming a direct Sn-S bond, and (ii) a chelating O^N^N-donor ligand introducing a \u201claunch vehicle\u201d-effect into the synthesized compound, thus remarkably increasing its volatility. The newly synthesized tin compound [Sn(SBut)(tfb-dmeda)] 1 was characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis that verified the desired Sn:S ratio in the molecule, which was demonstrated in the direct conversion of the molecular complex into SnS thin films. The multi-nuclei (1H, 13C, 19F, and 119Sn) and variable-temperature 1D and 2D NMR studies indicate retention of the overall solid-state structure of 1 in the solution and suggest the presence of a dynamic conformational equilibrium. The fragmentation behavior of 1 was analyzed by mass spectrometry and compared with those of homoleptic tin tertiary butyl thiolates [Sn(SBut)2] and [Sn(SBut)4]. The precursor 1 was then used to deposit SnS thin films on different substrates (FTO, Mo-coated soda-lime glass) by CVD and film growth rates at different temperatures (300\u2013450 \u00b0C) and times (15\u201360 min), film thickness, crystalline quality, and surface morphology were investigated.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules26175367","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,6]],"date-time":"2021-09-06T13:18:26Z","timestamp":1630934306000},"page":"5367","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Vapor Phase Synthesis of SnS Facilitated by Ligand-Driven \u201cLaunch Vehicle\u201d Effect in Tin Precursors"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"given":"Ufuk","family":"Atamt\u00fcrk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstra\u00dfe 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5909-621X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Veronika","family":"Brune","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstra\u00dfe 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2846-4221","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Shashank","family":"Mishra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institut de Recherches sur la Catalyse et l\u2019Environnement de Lyon (IRCELYON), Universit\u00e9 Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5256, 2 Avenue Albert Einstein, 69626 Villeurbanne, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sanjay","family":"Mathur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstra\u00dfe 6, 50939 Cologne, Germany"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"4523","DOI":"10.1073\/pnas.1416581112","article-title":"The Renaissance of Black Phosphorus","volume":"112","author":"Ling","year":"2015","journal-title":"Proc. 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