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The disproportionation of a dialkyltin hydride R2SnXH (X = halide or c
arboxylate) to give H-2 and XR2SnSnR2X follows a radical chain mechani
sm, which may involve homolytic displacement by a tin radical of a hyd
rogen atom from a tin centre.