X-Ray structure investigation of trimethyltin α-phenyl-α-oxoacetate

X-Ray structure investigation of trimethyltin α-phenyl-α-oxoacetate Me3SnOC(O)CH(OH)Ph was carried out. The unit cell contains two independent molecules with practically identical conformation. Molecules are associated in the chains due to coordination bonds between the oxo-group and the tin atom of the neighbouring molecule. The chains in the crystal are connected with one another by hydrogen bonds between oxo-group protons and carboxyl oxygen atoms.