title: Di-μ-chlorido-bis[chloridobis(dimethyl sulfoxide-κO)tin(II)].
abstract: The structure of the title compound, [Sn(2)Cl(4)(C(2)H(6)OS)(4)], contains dimers formed through weak Sn⋯Cl [3.691 (2) Å] inter-actions, resulting in a planar Sn(2)Cl(2) core with an inversion center at the centre of the four-membered ring. The Sn(II) atoms are penta-coordinated and have a distorted octa-hedral Ψ-SnCl(3)O(2) coordination geometry. The O atoms from the dimethyl sulfoxide mol-ecules occupy trans positions, while the Cl atoms exhibit a meridional arrangement.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Babes-Bolyai University, Arany Janos Str. No. 11, RO-400028 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barbul
authors.forename: Richard A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Varga
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silvestru