Bis(cyclopentenylacetato)tetramethyldistannoxane dimer
The crystal structure of the title compound, tetra-μ2-(cyclopent-2-enyl)acetato-1:2κ2 O:O′;1:3κ2 O:O′;2:4κ2 O:O′;3:4κ2 O:O′-octamethyl-1κ2 C,2κ2 C,3κ2 C,4κ2 C-di-μ3-oxo-1:2:3κ3 O;2:3:4κ3 O-tetratin(IV), [Sn4(CH3)8(C7H9O2)4O2], is composed of discrete centrosymmetric dimers lying about inversion centres. The cyclopentenylacetate ligand shows different modes of coordination with Sn, as a result of which the central Sn2O2 core is fused with two four-membered (Sn2O2) and two six-membered (Sn2O3C) rings. The endocyclic Sn atoms are six-coordinate in a skew-trapezoidal bipyramidal environment. The exocyclic Sn atoms are five-coordinate and show distorted trigonal–bipyramidal geometry. The Sn—C distances lie in a very narrow range [2.095 (4)–2.113 (4) Å], while the Sn—O distances range between 2.030 (3) and 2.280 (3) Å for strong bonds and a value of 2.654 (3) Å for the relatively weak Sn—O bond.