
Acta Cryst. (2012). E68, m1546 [ doi:10.1107/S160053681204771X ]
2-isopropanolato-octamethylbis(
-4-methyl-5-sulfanylidene-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ido-
2N1:N2)di-
3-oxido-tetratin(IV)The tetranuclear title compound, [Sn4(CH3)8(C3H7O)2O2(C3H4N3S)2], lies about a center of inversion; the molecule features a three-rung-staircase Sn4O4 core in which two SnIV atoms are bridged by the 4-methyl-5-sulfanylidene-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-ide group. The negatively charged N atom of the group binds to the terminal SnIV atom at a shorter distance [Sn-N = 2.236 (2) Å] compared with the neutral N atom that binds to the central SnIV atom [Sn
N = 2.805 (2) Å]. The terminal SnIV atom is five-coordinate in a cis-C2SnNO2 trigonal-bipyramidal geometry [C-Sn-C = 136.4 (1)°], whereas the central SnIV atom is six-coordinate in a C2SnNO3 skew-trazepoidal bipyramidal geometry [C-Sn-C = 145.4 (1)°]. The C atoms of the isopropoxy group are disordered over two positions in a 0.591 (7):0.409 (7) ratio.
Dimethyltin diisothiocyanate (1 mmol), 4-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol (1 mmol) and 1,10-phenanthroline (1 mmol) were loaded into a convection tube; several drops of triethylamine were added. The tube was filled with dry 2-propanol and kept at 333 K. Colorless crystals were collected from the side arm after several days.
Carbon-bound H-atoms were placed in calculated positions [C—H 0.95 to 0.98 Å, Uiso(H) 1.2 to 1.5Ueq(C)] and were included in the refinement in the riding model approximation.
The isopropoxy group is disordered over two positions in a 0.591 (7):0.409 ratio in respect of the carbon atoms. Pairs of 1,2-related distances were restrained to within 0.01 Å of each other, and the temperature factors of the primed atoms were set to those of the unprimed ones. The anisotropic temperatures were restrained to be nearly isotropic.
Data collection: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012); cell refinement: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012); data reduction: CrysAlis PRO (Agilent, 2012); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: X-SEED (Barbour, 2001); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2010).
| Fig. 1. Thermal ellipsoid plot (Barbour, 2001) of Sn4O2(CH3)8(C3H7O)2(C3H4N3S)2 at the 70% probability level; hydrogen atoms are drawn as spheres of arbitrary radius. The disorder is not shown. |
| [Sn4(CH3)8(C3H7O)2O2(C3H4N3S)2] | F(000) = 944 |
| Mr = 973.51 | Dx = 1.821 Mg m−3 |
| Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
| Hall symbol: -P 2ybc | Cell parameters from 6879 reflections |
| a = 9.6009 (4) Å | θ = 3.1–27.5° |
| b = 10.0839 (4) Å | µ = 2.93 mm−1 |
| c = 18.3971 (6) Å | T = 100 K |
| β = 94.667 (4)° | Prism, colorless |
| V = 1775.20 (12) Å3 | 0.30 × 0.25 × 0.20 mm |
| Z = 2 |
| Agilent SuperNova (Dual, Cu at zero, Atlas) diffractometer | 4093 independent reflections |
| Radiation source: SuperNova (Mo) X-ray Source | 3613 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Mirror monochromator | Rint = 0.038 |
| Detector resolution: 10.4041 pixels mm-1 | θmax = 27.6°, θmin = 3.1° |
| ω scan | h = −12→12 |
| Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2012) | k = −13→12 |
| Tmin = 0.474, Tmax = 0.592 | l = −23→23 |
| 17413 measured reflections |
| Refinement on F2 | Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods |
| Least-squares matrix: full | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.023 | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
| wR(F2) = 0.052 | H-atom parameters constrained |
| S = 1.04 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0181P)2 + 1.4453P] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
| 4093 reflections | (Δ/σ)max = 0.003 |
| 174 parameters | Δρmax = 0.55 e Å−3 |
| 21 restraints | Δρmin = −0.49 e Å−3 |
| [Sn4(CH3)8(C3H7O)2O2(C3H4N3S)2] | V = 1775.20 (12) Å3 |
| Mr = 973.51 | Z = 2 |
| Monoclinic, P21/c | Mo Kα radiation |
| a = 9.6009 (4) Å | µ = 2.93 mm−1 |
| b = 10.0839 (4) Å | T = 100 K |
| c = 18.3971 (6) Å | 0.30 × 0.25 × 0.20 mm |
| β = 94.667 (4)° |
| Agilent SuperNova (Dual, Cu at zero, Atlas) diffractometer | 4093 independent reflections |
| Absorption correction: multi-scan (CrysAlis PRO; Agilent, 2012) | 3613 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
| Tmin = 0.474, Tmax = 0.592 | Rint = 0.038 |
| 17413 measured reflections | θmax = 27.6° |
| R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.023 | H-atom parameters constrained |
| wR(F2) = 0.052 | Δρmax = 0.55 e Å−3 |
| S = 1.04 | Δρmin = −0.49 e Å−3 |
| 4093 reflections | Absolute structure: ? |
| 174 parameters | Flack parameter: ? |
| 21 restraints | Rogers parameter: ? |
| x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | Occ. (<1) | |
| Sn1 | 0.652613 (19) | 0.422511 (18) | 0.513713 (9) | 0.01404 (6) | |
| Sn2 | 0.52915 (2) | 0.709776 (19) | 0.634092 (9) | 0.01671 (6) | |
| S1 | 0.77775 (9) | 0.79225 (8) | 0.78514 (4) | 0.02858 (18) | |
| O1 | 0.5301 (2) | 0.57582 (19) | 0.55360 (9) | 0.0169 (4) | |
| O2 | 0.3284 (2) | 0.7351 (2) | 0.57053 (11) | 0.0276 (5) | |
| N1 | 0.8106 (3) | 0.5270 (2) | 0.63540 (12) | 0.0203 (5) | |
| N2 | 0.7409 (2) | 0.6280 (2) | 0.66839 (11) | 0.0177 (5) | |
| N3 | 0.9416 (2) | 0.6003 (2) | 0.73020 (12) | 0.0190 (5) | |
| C1 | 0.6250 (4) | 0.2782 (3) | 0.59418 (17) | 0.0299 (7) | |
| H1A | 0.6127 | 0.3221 | 0.6408 | 0.045* | |
| H1B | 0.7074 | 0.2206 | 0.5995 | 0.045* | |
| H1C | 0.5421 | 0.2248 | 0.5797 | 0.045* | |
| C2 | 0.7985 (3) | 0.5418 (3) | 0.46418 (15) | 0.0246 (7) | |
| H2A | 0.8123 | 0.6249 | 0.4914 | 0.037* | |
| H2B | 0.7633 | 0.5614 | 0.4138 | 0.037* | |
| H2C | 0.8877 | 0.4946 | 0.4643 | 0.037* | |
| C3 | 0.6090 (4) | 0.8948 (3) | 0.60284 (19) | 0.0347 (8) | |
| H3A | 0.5315 | 0.9526 | 0.5850 | 0.052* | |
| H3B | 0.6718 | 0.8814 | 0.5641 | 0.052* | |
| H3C | 0.6607 | 0.9363 | 0.6450 | 0.052* | |
| C4 | 0.4407 (3) | 0.6321 (4) | 0.72647 (15) | 0.0320 (8) | |
| H4A | 0.3414 | 0.6558 | 0.7245 | 0.048* | |
| H4B | 0.4893 | 0.6692 | 0.7708 | 0.048* | |
| H4C | 0.4503 | 0.5354 | 0.7270 | 0.048* | |
| C5 | 0.8202 (3) | 0.6727 (3) | 0.72657 (14) | 0.0191 (6) | |
| C6 | 1.0595 (3) | 0.6163 (4) | 0.78449 (16) | 0.0287 (7) | |
| H6A | 1.1257 | 0.5433 | 0.7801 | 0.043* | |
| H6B | 1.0259 | 0.6153 | 0.8334 | 0.043* | |
| H6C | 1.1062 | 0.7009 | 0.7766 | 0.043* | |
| C7 | 0.9295 (3) | 0.5128 (3) | 0.67331 (15) | 0.0231 (6) | |
| H7 | 0.9990 | 0.4500 | 0.6629 | 0.028* | |
| C8 | 0.2044 (6) | 0.7853 (7) | 0.5959 (3) | 0.0377 (16) | 0.591 (7) |
| H8 | 0.1592 | 0.7218 | 0.6285 | 0.045* | 0.591 (7) |
| C9 | 0.1067 (12) | 0.8255 (19) | 0.5272 (8) | 0.038 (3) | 0.591 (7) |
| H9A | 0.0934 | 0.7491 | 0.4944 | 0.058* | 0.591 (7) |
| H9B | 0.1497 | 0.8983 | 0.5017 | 0.058* | 0.591 (7) |
| H9C | 0.0161 | 0.8542 | 0.5424 | 0.058* | 0.591 (7) |
| C10 | 0.242 (2) | 0.9267 (11) | 0.6349 (6) | 0.049 (3) | 0.591 (7) |
| H10A | 0.3190 | 0.9148 | 0.6726 | 0.074* | 0.591 (7) |
| H10B | 0.1597 | 0.9605 | 0.6572 | 0.074* | 0.591 (7) |
| H10C | 0.2697 | 0.9901 | 0.5984 | 0.074* | 0.591 (7) |
| C8' | 0.2376 (9) | 0.8453 (9) | 0.5658 (5) | 0.0377 (16) | 0.41 |
| H8' | 0.2723 | 0.9185 | 0.5353 | 0.045* | 0.409 (7) |
| C9' | 0.0850 (17) | 0.802 (3) | 0.5403 (13) | 0.038 (3) | 0.41 |
| H9D | 0.0874 | 0.7225 | 0.5100 | 0.058* | 0.409 (7) |
| H9E | 0.0381 | 0.8740 | 0.5119 | 0.058* | 0.409 (7) |
| H9F | 0.0337 | 0.7833 | 0.5830 | 0.058* | 0.409 (7) |
| C10' | 0.222 (3) | 0.8905 (19) | 0.6497 (8) | 0.049 (3) | 0.41 |
| H10D | 0.3053 | 0.8620 | 0.6804 | 0.074* | 0.409 (7) |
| H10E | 0.1390 | 0.8495 | 0.6673 | 0.074* | 0.409 (7) |
| H10F | 0.2140 | 0.9872 | 0.6520 | 0.074* | 0.409 (7) |
| U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
| Sn1 | 0.01409 (10) | 0.01444 (11) | 0.01334 (9) | 0.00295 (7) | −0.00045 (7) | −0.00018 (7) |
| Sn2 | 0.01739 (10) | 0.01539 (11) | 0.01707 (10) | 0.00134 (7) | −0.00036 (8) | −0.00515 (7) |
| S1 | 0.0253 (4) | 0.0286 (5) | 0.0312 (4) | −0.0025 (3) | −0.0012 (3) | −0.0154 (3) |
| O1 | 0.0166 (10) | 0.0185 (11) | 0.0149 (9) | 0.0055 (8) | −0.0037 (8) | −0.0056 (7) |
| O2 | 0.0232 (11) | 0.0292 (13) | 0.0288 (11) | 0.0121 (10) | −0.0074 (9) | −0.0140 (9) |
| N1 | 0.0213 (13) | 0.0218 (14) | 0.0179 (11) | 0.0058 (10) | 0.0015 (10) | −0.0026 (10) |
| N2 | 0.0180 (12) | 0.0163 (13) | 0.0185 (11) | 0.0013 (10) | −0.0003 (10) | −0.0041 (9) |
| N3 | 0.0151 (12) | 0.0247 (14) | 0.0167 (11) | −0.0040 (10) | −0.0009 (9) | 0.0004 (9) |
| C1 | 0.0340 (18) | 0.0247 (18) | 0.0297 (16) | −0.0028 (14) | −0.0043 (14) | 0.0093 (13) |
| C2 | 0.0203 (15) | 0.0321 (19) | 0.0217 (14) | −0.0023 (13) | 0.0037 (12) | 0.0051 (13) |
| C3 | 0.041 (2) | 0.0187 (18) | 0.0428 (19) | −0.0071 (15) | −0.0072 (16) | 0.0056 (14) |
| C4 | 0.0277 (17) | 0.048 (2) | 0.0213 (15) | −0.0071 (16) | 0.0084 (13) | −0.0066 (14) |
| C5 | 0.0172 (14) | 0.0211 (16) | 0.0188 (13) | −0.0040 (12) | 0.0005 (11) | 0.0005 (11) |
| C6 | 0.0181 (15) | 0.039 (2) | 0.0281 (15) | −0.0024 (14) | −0.0070 (13) | 0.0017 (14) |
| C7 | 0.0211 (15) | 0.0291 (18) | 0.0195 (13) | 0.0050 (13) | 0.0029 (12) | −0.0025 (12) |
| C8 | 0.029 (3) | 0.041 (4) | 0.042 (4) | 0.015 (3) | −0.006 (2) | −0.018 (2) |
| C9 | 0.024 (4) | 0.034 (6) | 0.056 (5) | 0.016 (3) | −0.004 (4) | −0.009 (4) |
| C10 | 0.045 (5) | 0.039 (7) | 0.063 (5) | 0.021 (5) | −0.009 (4) | −0.030 (5) |
| C8' | 0.029 (3) | 0.041 (4) | 0.042 (4) | 0.015 (3) | −0.006 (2) | −0.018 (2) |
| C9' | 0.024 (4) | 0.034 (6) | 0.056 (5) | 0.016 (3) | −0.004 (4) | −0.009 (4) |
| C10' | 0.045 (5) | 0.039 (7) | 0.063 (5) | 0.021 (5) | −0.009 (4) | −0.030 (5) |
| Sn1—O1i | 2.0633 (18) | C3—H3A | 0.9800 |
| Sn1—C1 | 2.108 (3) | C3—H3B | 0.9800 |
| Sn1—C2 | 2.109 (3) | C3—H3C | 0.9800 |
| Sn1—O1 | 2.1101 (18) | C4—H4A | 0.9800 |
| Sn1—O2i | 2.2377 (19) | C4—H4B | 0.9800 |
| Sn1—N1 | 2.805 (2) | C4—H4C | 0.9800 |
| Sn2—O1 | 2.0050 (17) | C6—H6A | 0.9800 |
| Sn2—C4 | 2.111 (3) | C6—H6B | 0.9800 |
| Sn2—C3 | 2.115 (3) | C6—H6C | 0.9800 |
| Sn2—O2 | 2.187 (2) | C7—H7 | 0.9500 |
| Sn2—N2 | 2.236 (2) | C8—C9 | 1.566 (9) |
| S1—C5 | 1.689 (3) | C8—C10 | 1.623 (9) |
| O1—Sn1i | 2.0633 (18) | C8—H8 | 1.0000 |
| O2—C8 | 1.408 (5) | C9—H9A | 0.9800 |
| O2—C8' | 1.411 (7) | C9—H9B | 0.9800 |
| O2—Sn1i | 2.2377 (19) | C9—H9C | 0.9800 |
| N1—C7 | 1.296 (4) | C10—H10A | 0.9800 |
| N1—N2 | 1.386 (3) | C10—H10B | 0.9800 |
| N2—C5 | 1.340 (3) | C10—H10C | 0.9800 |
| N3—C7 | 1.367 (4) | C8'—C9' | 1.563 (11) |
| N3—C5 | 1.372 (4) | C8'—C10' | 1.629 (10) |
| N3—C6 | 1.456 (3) | C8'—H8' | 1.0000 |
| C1—H1A | 0.9800 | C9'—H9D | 0.9800 |
| C1—H1B | 0.9800 | C9'—H9E | 0.9800 |
| C1—H1C | 0.9800 | C9'—H9F | 0.9800 |
| C2—H2A | 0.9800 | C10'—H10D | 0.9800 |
| C2—H2B | 0.9800 | C10'—H10E | 0.9800 |
| C2—H2C | 0.9800 | C10'—H10F | 0.9800 |
| O1i—Sn1—C1 | 106.13 (11) | Sn2—C3—H3C | 109.5 |
| O1i—Sn1—C2 | 107.34 (10) | H3A—C3—H3C | 109.5 |
| C1—Sn1—C2 | 145.41 (12) | H3B—C3—H3C | 109.5 |
| O1i—Sn1—O1 | 74.45 (8) | Sn2—C4—H4A | 109.5 |
| C1—Sn1—O1 | 98.98 (11) | Sn2—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
| C2—Sn1—O1 | 98.10 (10) | H4A—C4—H4B | 109.5 |
| O1i—Sn1—O2i | 72.74 (7) | Sn2—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
| C1—Sn1—O2i | 91.03 (11) | H4A—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
| C2—Sn1—O2i | 90.66 (11) | H4B—C4—H4C | 109.5 |
| O1—Sn1—O2i | 147.18 (7) | N2—C5—N3 | 106.6 (2) |
| O1i—Sn1—N1 | 148.65 (7) | N2—C5—S1 | 126.7 (2) |
| C1—Sn1—N1 | 77.85 (10) | N3—C5—S1 | 126.6 (2) |
| C2—Sn1—N1 | 78.21 (9) | N3—C6—H6A | 109.5 |
| O1—Sn1—N1 | 74.22 (7) | N3—C6—H6B | 109.5 |
| O2i—Sn1—N1 | 138.60 (7) | H6A—C6—H6B | 109.5 |
| O1—Sn2—C4 | 111.77 (11) | N3—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
| O1—Sn2—C3 | 111.73 (11) | H6A—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
| C4—Sn2—C3 | 136.43 (14) | H6B—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
| O1—Sn2—O2 | 74.96 (7) | N1—C7—N3 | 110.9 (3) |
| C4—Sn2—O2 | 94.53 (11) | N1—C7—H7 | 124.5 |
| C3—Sn2—O2 | 94.29 (11) | N3—C7—H7 | 124.5 |
| O1—Sn2—N2 | 84.34 (8) | O2—C8—C9 | 106.9 (8) |
| C4—Sn2—N2 | 92.98 (11) | O2—C8—C10 | 107.4 (8) |
| C3—Sn2—N2 | 93.49 (12) | C9—C8—C10 | 103.1 (10) |
| O2—Sn2—N2 | 159.29 (8) | O2—C8—H8 | 112.9 |
| Sn2—O1—Sn1i | 112.53 (9) | C9—C8—H8 | 112.9 |
| Sn2—O1—Sn1 | 141.87 (9) | C10—C8—H8 | 112.9 |
| Sn1i—O1—Sn1 | 105.55 (8) | C8—C9—H9A | 109.5 |
| C8—O2—Sn2 | 126.6 (3) | C8—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
| C8'—O2—Sn2 | 129.7 (4) | H9A—C9—H9B | 109.5 |
| C8—O2—Sn1i | 127.2 (3) | C8—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
| C8'—O2—Sn1i | 126.9 (4) | H9A—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
| Sn2—O2—Sn1i | 99.75 (8) | H9B—C9—H9C | 109.5 |
| C7—N1—N2 | 106.3 (2) | C8—C10—H10A | 109.5 |
| C7—N1—Sn1 | 141.58 (19) | C8—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
| N2—N1—Sn1 | 112.10 (15) | H10A—C10—H10B | 109.5 |
| C5—N2—N1 | 109.5 (2) | C8—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
| C5—N2—Sn2 | 123.10 (19) | H10A—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
| N1—N2—Sn2 | 127.45 (16) | H10B—C10—H10C | 109.5 |
| C7—N3—C5 | 106.7 (2) | O2—C8'—C9' | 111.1 (13) |
| C7—N3—C6 | 127.5 (3) | O2—C8'—C10' | 105.3 (11) |
| C5—N3—C6 | 125.8 (2) | C9'—C8'—C10' | 102.0 (16) |
| Sn1—C1—H1A | 109.5 | O2—C8'—H8' | 112.6 |
| Sn1—C1—H1B | 109.5 | C9'—C8'—H8' | 112.6 |
| H1A—C1—H1B | 109.5 | C10'—C8'—H8' | 112.6 |
| Sn1—C1—H1C | 109.5 | C8'—C9'—H9D | 109.5 |
| H1A—C1—H1C | 109.5 | C8'—C9'—H9E | 109.5 |
| H1B—C1—H1C | 109.5 | H9D—C9'—H9E | 109.5 |
| Sn1—C2—H2A | 109.5 | C8'—C9'—H9F | 109.5 |
| Sn1—C2—H2B | 109.5 | H9D—C9'—H9F | 109.5 |
| H2A—C2—H2B | 109.5 | H9E—C9'—H9F | 109.5 |
| Sn1—C2—H2C | 109.5 | C8'—C10'—H10D | 109.5 |
| H2A—C2—H2C | 109.5 | C8'—C10'—H10E | 109.5 |
| H2B—C2—H2C | 109.5 | H10D—C10'—H10E | 109.5 |
| Sn2—C3—H3A | 109.5 | C8'—C10'—H10F | 109.5 |
| Sn2—C3—H3B | 109.5 | H10D—C10'—H10F | 109.5 |
| H3A—C3—H3B | 109.5 | H10E—C10'—H10F | 109.5 |
| C4—Sn2—O1—Sn1i | 87.73 (13) | O1—Sn1—N1—N2 | 1.24 (17) |
| C3—Sn2—O1—Sn1i | −89.81 (13) | O2i—Sn1—N1—N2 | −179.37 (16) |
| O2—Sn2—O1—Sn1i | −1.17 (9) | C7—N1—N2—C5 | −0.3 (3) |
| N2—Sn2—O1—Sn1i | 178.69 (11) | Sn1—N1—N2—C5 | 179.15 (17) |
| C4—Sn2—O1—Sn1 | −88.87 (19) | C7—N1—N2—Sn2 | 179.8 (2) |
| C3—Sn2—O1—Sn1 | 93.60 (19) | Sn1—N1—N2—Sn2 | −0.7 (3) |
| O2—Sn2—O1—Sn1 | −177.76 (18) | O1—Sn2—N2—C5 | 179.9 (2) |
| N2—Sn2—O1—Sn1 | 2.09 (16) | C4—Sn2—N2—C5 | −68.5 (2) |
| O1i—Sn1—O1—Sn2 | 176.7 (2) | C3—Sn2—N2—C5 | 68.4 (2) |
| C1—Sn1—O1—Sn2 | 72.38 (18) | O2—Sn2—N2—C5 | −179.7 (2) |
| C2—Sn1—O1—Sn2 | −77.43 (18) | O1—Sn2—N2—N1 | −0.2 (2) |
| O2i—Sn1—O1—Sn2 | 178.55 (13) | C4—Sn2—N2—N1 | 111.4 (2) |
| N1—Sn1—O1—Sn2 | −2.19 (15) | C3—Sn2—N2—N1 | −111.8 (2) |
| O1i—Sn1—O1—Sn1i | 0.0 | O2—Sn2—N2—N1 | 0.2 (4) |
| C1—Sn1—O1—Sn1i | −104.36 (11) | N1—N2—C5—N3 | 0.5 (3) |
| C2—Sn1—O1—Sn1i | 105.84 (11) | Sn2—N2—C5—N3 | −179.64 (17) |
| O2i—Sn1—O1—Sn1i | 1.82 (19) | N1—N2—C5—S1 | −178.2 (2) |
| N1—Sn1—O1—Sn1i | −178.92 (10) | Sn2—N2—C5—S1 | 1.6 (4) |
| O1—Sn2—O2—C8 | 154.1 (4) | C7—N3—C5—N2 | −0.5 (3) |
| C4—Sn2—O2—C8 | 42.7 (4) | C6—N3—C5—N2 | 179.2 (3) |
| C3—Sn2—O2—C8 | −94.6 (4) | C7—N3—C5—S1 | 178.3 (2) |
| N2—Sn2—O2—C8 | 153.7 (4) | C6—N3—C5—S1 | −2.1 (4) |
| O1—Sn2—O2—C8' | −158.3 (6) | N2—N1—C7—N3 | 0.0 (3) |
| C4—Sn2—O2—C8' | 90.3 (6) | Sn1—N1—C7—N3 | −179.2 (2) |
| C3—Sn2—O2—C8' | −47.0 (6) | C5—N3—C7—N1 | 0.3 (3) |
| N2—Sn2—O2—C8' | −158.7 (6) | C6—N3—C7—N1 | −179.4 (3) |
| O1—Sn2—O2—Sn1i | 1.01 (8) | C8'—O2—C8—C9 | 52.9 (10) |
| C4—Sn2—O2—Sn1i | −110.34 (12) | Sn2—O2—C8—C9 | 162.6 (6) |
| C3—Sn2—O2—Sn1i | 112.37 (12) | Sn1i—O2—C8—C9 | −51.5 (9) |
| N2—Sn2—O2—Sn1i | 0.6 (3) | C8'—O2—C8—C10 | −57.2 (10) |
| O1i—Sn1—N1—C7 | 178.4 (3) | Sn2—O2—C8—C10 | 52.5 (8) |
| C1—Sn1—N1—C7 | 77.3 (3) | Sn1i—O2—C8—C10 | −161.6 (5) |
| C2—Sn1—N1—C7 | −77.5 (3) | C8—O2—C8'—C9' | −56.5 (13) |
| O1—Sn1—N1—C7 | −179.6 (3) | Sn2—O2—C8'—C9' | −157.3 (11) |
| O2i—Sn1—N1—C7 | −0.2 (4) | Sn1i—O2—C8'—C9' | 48.5 (14) |
| O1i—Sn1—N1—N2 | −0.8 (3) | C8—O2—C8'—C10' | 53.2 (12) |
| C1—Sn1—N1—N2 | −101.9 (2) | Sn2—O2—C8'—C10' | −47.6 (13) |
| C2—Sn1—N1—N2 | 103.28 (19) | Sn1i—O2—C8'—C10' | 158.2 (10) |
| Symmetry code: (i) −x+1, −y+1, −z+1. |
We thank Shahid Beheshti University and the Ministry of Higher Education of Malaysia (grant No. UM.C/HIR/MOHE/SC/12) for supporting this study.
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The title compound (Scheme I, Fig. 1), a distannoxane, was the unexpected product from an attempt at synthesizing a dimethyltin 4-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-thiolate that possesses a tin-sulfur linkage. In the reaction of diorganotin oxides with organic acids (particularly carboxylic acids), tetranuclear distannoxanes are sometimes formed; these compounds have four organic groups. In the present reaction, two of the four organic groups are replaced by ethoxide groups.
Tetranuclear Sn4O2(CH3)8(C3H7O)2(C3H4N3S)2 lies about a center-of-inversion; the molecule features a three-rung-staircase Sn4O4 core in which two Sn atoms are bridged by the C3H4N3S triazolate group. The negatively-charged N atom of the group binds to the terminal Sn atom at a shorter distance [Sn–N 2.236 (2) Å] compared with the neutral N atom that binds to the central Sn atom [Sn←N 2.805 (2) Å]. The terminal Sn atom is five-coordinate in a cis-C3SnNO trigonal bipyramid whereas the central Sn atom is six-coordinate in a C2SnNO3 skew-trazepoidal bipyramidal geometry.