Structural studies in main-group chemistry. Part X. Crystal and molecular structure of catena-(cyclohexanone oximato)trimethyltin

Abstract

The crystal structure of the title compound has been determined from X-ray diffractometer data by Patterson and Fourier methods from 1895 independent non-zero reflections to R 0.058. Crystals are monoclinic, space group P2₁/c with a= 6.8244(12), b= 8.3786(18), c= 19.9490(22)Å, β= 92.37(2)°, Z= 4. Planar trimethyltin units [meanr(Sn–C) 2.133(7)Å] are bridged unsymmetrically by the oxygen atoms of the cyclohexanone oximate [r(Sn–O) 2.190(3), r(Sn ⋯ O) 2.481(3)Å] to form infinite zig-zag Sn–O–Sn–O– chains [O–Sn–O′ 174.9(1), Sn–O–Sn′ 128.03(15)°].