posted on 2004-10-01, 00:00authored byJ Beckmann, Dainis Dakternieks, Andrew DuthieAndrew Duthie, K Jurkschat, M Schurmann
The dimeric title compound, tetrabutyldiphenoxydistannoxane, [Sn<sub>4</sub>(C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>9</sub>)<sub>8</sub>(C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>O)<sub>4</sub>O<sub>2</sub>], adopts a ladder-type structure, featuring an almost planar inorganic framework with three four-membered Sn<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> rings and four coplanar phenoxy groups. <br><br>