Tris(2-pyridinethiolato)(p-tolyl)tin(IV),

Article abstract of DOI:10.1107/S0108270193007310

In the title compound three bidentate 2-pyridinethiolato ligands (2-SPy) together with p-tolyl form a distorted pentagonal bipyramid around Sn.Two S atoms and three N atoms form the pentagonal plane.One S and the C(p-tolyl) atom are in the axial positions.The distortion of the molecule is explicated by the axial S-Sn-C angle of 156.0 (3) deg and by the distance of 0.635 (7) Angstroem of one of the N atoms from the pentagonal plane.The Sn-S distances in the plane are longer <2.571 (3) Angstroem> than the axial Sn-S bond <2.486 (3) Angstroem>.The Sn-N distances are in the range 2.468 (8) +/- 0.024 Angstroem.Intermolecular distances shorter than the sum of the van der Waals radii do not exist.