{2-[(2,3-Dimethylphenyl)amino]benzoato-O:O′}trimethyltin(IV)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1107/S0108270196013157

In the title compound, [Sn(C₁₅H₁₄NO₂)(CH₃)₃], the Sn atom has a distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination. The three bonds to methyl groups in the equatorial plane have almost the same values [Sn-C range 2.106(3)-2.113(4)A], but the Sn-O bonds in the axial positions involving one carboxyl O atom [Sn1-O1 2.153 (2) A] and another symmetry-related carboxyl O atom in the trans position [Sn1-O2 2.495 (2) A] have quite different values. The O1-Sn1-O2 angle is 173.60(8)°. Each trimethyltin group bridges two neighbouring 2-[(2,3-dimethylphenyl)amino]benzoate ligands via carboxyl moieties to form polymeric chains.