In [SnCl2(C6H5)(2)(H2O)]. C18H18B2N12, a hydrogen-bonded adduct of aquadich
lorodiphenyltin(IV) and 4,4,8,8-tetrakis(1- pyrazolyl) pyrazabole, the cent
ral B(N-2)(2)B ring of the pyrazabole unit exists in a boat conformation. T
he Ph2Sn(H2O)Cl-2 unit exhibits a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal coordinati
on geometry around tin, with one long and one short Sn-Cl bond [2.4686(14)
and 2.338(2)Angstrom, respectively]. Two phenyl groups and one Cl atom occu
py the trigonal plane, and the other Cl atom and the coordinated water mole
cule occupy the axial positions.