(8-Aminoquinoline-N,N')dichlorodimethyltin(IV)

The title compound, [SnCl₂(CH₃)₂(C₉H₈N₂)], has been prepared from dimethyltin dichloride and 8-aminoquinoline. The coordination of the Sn atom is octahedral, with the Cl atoms trans to the N atoms of 8-aminoquinoline, with bond distances Sn-Cl 2.547 (3) and 2.619 (3), Sn-N_sp³ 2.322 (7), Sn-N_sp² 2.357 (8) and Sn-C 2.115 (10) and 2.122 (10) Å. Both amino protons are intermolecularly hydrogen bonded to Cl atoms of neighbouring molecules.

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