title: Distinct coordination geometries in bis-[N,N-bis-(2-meth-oxy-eth-yl)di-thio-carbamato-κ(2) S,S']di-phenyltin(IV) and bis-[N-(2-meth-oxy-eth-yl)-N-methyl-dithio-carbamato-κ(2) S,S']di-phenyl-tin(IV): crystal structures and Hirshfeld surface analysis.
abstract: The crystal and mol-ecular structures of two di-phenyl-tin bis-(di-thio-carbamate)s, [Sn(C6H5)2(C5H10NOS2)2], (I), and [Sn(C6H5)2(C7H14NO2S2)2], (II), are described. In (I), in which the metal atom lies on a twofold rotation axis, the di-thio-carbamate ligand coordinates with approximately equal Sn-S bond lengths and the ipso-C atoms of the Sn-bound phenyl groups occupy cis-positions in the resulting octa-hedral C2S4 donor set. A quite distinct coordination geometry is noted in (II), arising as a result of quite disparate Sn-S bond lengths. Here, the four S-donors define a trapezoidal plane with the ipso-C atoms lying over the weaker of the Sn-S bonds so that the C2S4 donor set defines a skewed trapezoidal bipyramid. The packing of (I) features supra-molecular layers in the ab plane sustained by methyl-ene-C-H⋯π(Sn-ar-yl) inter-actions; these stack along the c-axis direction with no specific inter-actions between them. In (II), supra-molecular chains along the b-axis direction are formed by methyl-ene-C-O(ether) inter-actions; these pack with no directional inter-actions between them. A Hirshfeld surface analysis was conducted on both (I) and (II) and revealed the dominance of H⋯H inter-actions contributing to the respective surfaces, i.e. >60% in each case, and other features consistent with the description of the mol-ecular packing above.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Science Programme, School of Diagnostic and Applied Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Rapidah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohamad
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health and Industrial Safety Programme, School of Diagnostic and Applied Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Normah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Awang
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Bhavan's Sheth R. A. College of Science, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380 001, India.
authors.forename: Mukesh M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jotani
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Chemical Crystallography, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sunway University, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Edward R T
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Tiekink
keywords: Hirshfeld surface analysis; crystal structure; di­thio­carbamate; organotin