title: Bis(μ-2-{[oxido(phenyl)methylidene]hydrazinylidene}propanoato)bis[dibenzyl(ethanol)tin(IV)].
abstract: In the title complex, [Sn(2)(C(7)H(7))(4)(C(10)H(8)N(2)O(3))(2)(C(2)H(5)OH)(2)], the Sn(IV) atom is seven-coordinated in a distorted penta-gonal-bipyramidal geometry by three O atoms and one N atom from the pyruvate benzoyl hydrazone ligand, one ethanol O atom and two axial C atoms from trans-benzyl groups, thus forming a dimeric mol-ecule ([Formula: see text] symmetry) via weak Sn-O inter-actions. The C atoms of one phenyl ring and the ethanol mol-ecule are disordered over two sets of sites with site-occupancy factors of 0.57 (5):0.43 (5) and 0.79 (2):0.21 (2), respectively. Intermolecular O-H⋯O hydrogen bonds stabilize the crystal structure.
authors.forename: Shaojun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang