title: Micro-ethane-1,2-diylbis(diphenylphosphine oxide)-kappa(2)O:O'-bis[dibenzyldichlorotin(IV)]: a centrosymmetric complex containing trigonal-bipyramidal tin(IV), linked into chains of rings by C-H.pi(arene) hydrogen bonds.
abstract: The title compound, [Sn(2)Cl(4)(C(7)H(7))(4)(C(26)H(24)O(2)P(2))], (I), was isolated from the reaction of 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane with dibenzyltin(IV) dichloride in the presence of air. The molecules of (I) lie across centres of inversion in space group C2/c and contain five-coordinate Sn atoms. The molecules are linked into chains of rings by a single C-H.pi(arene) hydrogen bond.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620 024, India.
authors.forename: E Mothi
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Krishnaswamy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Panchanatheswaran
authors.forename: John N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Glidewell