TRIS(2-PYRIDINETHIOLATO)(P-TOLYL)TIN(IV), [SN(C5H4NS)3(C7H7)]

In the title compound three bidentate 2-pyridinethiolato ligands (2-SP y) together with p-tolyl form a distorted pentagonal bipyramid around Sn. Two S atoms and three N atoms form the pentagonal plane. One S and the C(p-tolyl) atom are in the axial positions. The distortion of the molecule is explicated by the axial S-Sn-C angle of 156.0 (3)-degrees and by the distance of 0.635 (7) angstrom of one of the N atoms from the pentagonal plane. The Sn-S distances in the plane are longer [2.57 1 (3) angstrom] than the axial Sn-S bond [2.486 (3) angstrom]. The Sn- N distances are in the range 2.468 (8) +/- 0.024 angstrom. Intermolecu lar distances shorter than the sum of the van der Waals radii do not e xist.