Octa­butylbis[μ2-4-(diethyl­amino)­benzoato-κ2 O:O′]bis­[4-(diethyl­amino)­benzoato-κO]di-μ3-oxido-tetra­tin(IV)

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Sn4(C4H9)8(C11H14NO2)4O2], consists of two crystallographically independent half-mol­ecules. The other halves are generated by crystallographic inversion centers. In each tetra­nuclear mol­ecule, both of the two independent Sn atoms are five-coordinated, with distorted trigonal–bipyramidal SnC2O3 geometries. One Sn atom is coordinated by two butyl groups, one O atom of the benzoate anion and two bridging O atoms, whereas the other Sn atom is coordinated by two butyl groups, two O atoms of the benzoate anions and a bridging O atom. All the butyl groups are equatorial with respect to the SnO3 trigonal plane. Weak intra­molecular C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds stabilize the mol­ecular structures. In one mol­ecule, two of the butyl groups and the bridging benzoate anion are each disordered over two positions