Organotin(IV) compounds of the type [(o-MeE-C 6 H 4 )CH 2 ] 2 SnPh 2-n Cl n were synthesized, E = O, n = 0 (1), n = 1 (2), n = 2 (3), E = S, n = 0 (4), n = 1 (5), n = 2 (6) and E = CH 2 , n = 0 (7), n = 1 (8), n = 2 (9). The dichloro compounds 3 and 6 have been investigated by single crystal X-ray diffraction and exhibit bi-capped tetrahedral geometry at the tin atom as a consequence of significant intramolecular Sn⋯O (3) and Sn⋯S (6) secondary bonding, in monomolecular units. Compound 3 when crystallized from a hexane/thf solvent mixture shows two different conformers, 3′ and 3″, in the crystal structure, 3′ has two equivalent Sn⋯O interactions, while 3″ has two non-equivalent Sn⋯O interactions. Upon recrystallization of 3 from hexane only a single structural form is observed, 3′. The Sn⋯E distances in 3′, 3″, and 6 are 71.3; 73.5, 72.9; and 76.3% of the ΣvdW radii, respectively. The meta and para-substituted isomers of 3 (10, 11) exhibit a distortion at the tin atom due to self-association via intermolecular Sn⋯Cl interactions resulting in polymeric structures. 119 Sn NMR spectroscopy suggests that the intramolecular Sn⋯E interactions persist in solution for the dichloride compounds 3 and 6.