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metal-organic compounds
The [Sn(C6H5)3(NCS)2]- organotin anion of the title compound, (C8H20N)[Sn(C6H5)3(NCS)2], lies on a crystallographic twofold axis and the trigonal bipyramidal structure has NCS groups in axial and phenyl groups in equatorial positions. The tetraethylammonium cation is disordered over two orientations.