Abstract
In the solid-state structures of catena-poly[[di-chlorido-tin(II)]-μ2-(4-methyl-pyridine N-oxide)-κ2 O:O], [SnCl2(C6H7NO)] n , 1, and di-chlorido-bis-(4-methyl-pyridine N-oxide-κO)tin(II), [SnCl2(C6H7NO)2], 2, the bivalent tin atoms reveal a seesaw coordination with both chlorine atoms in equatorial and the Lewis base mol-ecules in axial positions. While the Sn-Cl distances are almost identical, the Sn-O distances vary significantly as a result of the different bonding modes (μ2 for 1, μ1 for 2) of the 4-methyl-pyridin-N-oxide mol-ecules, giving rise to a one-dimensional coordination polymer for the 1:1 adduct, 1, and a mol-ecular structure for the 1:2 adduct, 2. The different coordination modes also influence the bonding parameters within the almost planar ligand mol-ecules, mostly expressed in N-O-bond lengthening and endocyclic bond-angle widening at the nitro-gen atoms. Additional supra-molecular features are found in the crystal structure of 2 as two adjacent mol-ecules form dimers via additional, weak O⋯Sn inter-actions.