{2-[(2,3-Dimethylphenyl)amino]benzoato-O:O'}-trimethyltin(IV)

In the title compound, [Sn(C₁₅H₁₄NO₂)(CH₃)₃], the Sn atom has a distorted trigonal bipyramidal coordination. The three bonds to methyl groups in the equatorial plane have almost the same values [Sn-C range 2.106 (3)-2.113 (4) Å], but the Sn-O bonds in the axial positions involving one carboxyl O atom [Sn1-O1 2.153 (2) Å] and another symmetry-related carboxyl O atom in the trans position [Sn1-O2 2.495 (2) Å] have quite different values. The angle O1-Sn1-O2 is 173.60 (8)°. Each trimethyltin group bridges two neighbouring 2-[(2,3-dimethylphenyl)amino]benzoate ligands via carboxyl moities to form polymeric chains.

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