Dimethyl- and diethyldithiocyanatotin(IV).

The structures of dimethyldithiocyanatotin(IV), [Sn(CH3)2(NCS)2], and diethyldithiocyanatotin(IV), [Sn(C2H5)2(NCS)2], have been determined. The dimethyl derivative has 2mm crystallographic symmetry and the diethyl derivative has twofold crystallographic symmetry. The experimental differences in the distances and angles around the Sn atom between the two structures agree reasonably well with the differences expected from the reaction path mapped previously [Britton & Dunitz (1981). J. Am. Chem. Soc. 103, 2971-2979].