The title compound, [SnCl(C7H7O)(3)], crystallizes in the trigonal spa
ce group R3, with completely symmetric molecules, the Sn-Cl bond lying
along the threefold axis. In contrast to the methyl analogue, the met
a-CH3O groups are distal, i.e. they are towards the Sn-Cl bond, and co
planar with the phenyl rings, with the methyl group itself lying over
the ortho-C atom of the ring.