“…Consequently, some of the earlier publications have dealt with the coordinating behavior of such reagents towards organotin [4][5][6], transition metals [7], mixed organotintransition metals [7], mercury [8] and uranium [9]. Among the organotin(IV) compounds, bis{5-[(E)-2-(phenyl)-1-diazenyl]-8-quinolinolato}diphenyltin(IV), [Ph 2 Sn(L 1 ) 2 ] has been studied by IR, UV-Vis, 1 H NMR [5] and 119m Sn Mö ssbauer [4] 2 ], (where Ox = deprotonated quinolin-8-ol) [10] suggests that they have the same structure. To resolve these issues, firstly the X-ray structure of [Ph 2 Sn(Ox) 2 ] has been determined.…”