“…The structure of (I) is composed of a centrosymmetric dimer. The endocyclic SnÐO distances in the central core, Sn1/O7/Sn1 i /O7 i [symmetry code: (i) 1 À x, 1 À y, 2 À z], of 2.041 (2) and 2.182 (2) A Ê and the exocyclic distance Sn1ÐO1 of 2.249 (3) A Ê are similar to those observed in the tetrabutylbis(N,N-diethylthiocarbamoylthio)distannoxane dimer (Ng & Kumar Das, 1995a), bis[1,1,3,3-tetrabutyl-1,3-bis-(picolinato N-oxide)]distannoxane hydrate (Ng, 1998), the isomeric triphenyltin-2-(3-,4-)pyridinecarboxylate N-oxides (Ng & Kumar Das, 1995b), the tetrabutylbis(N-phthaloylglycinato)distannoxane dimer (Parvez et al, 2000) and the tetrabutylbis(N-phthaloylphenylalaninato)distannoxane dimer (Hans et al, 2002). However, the Sn1Á Á ÁO4 i interaction of 3.012 (3) A Ê in (I) is signi®cantly longer than the corresponding interaction observed in both the tetrabutylbis(N-phthaloylphenylalaninato)distannoxane dimer (Hans et al, 2002) [2.725 (3) A Ê ] and the tetrabutylbis(N-phthaloylglycinato)distannoxane dimer [2.746 (3) A Ê ; Parvez et al, 2000].…”