O} 2 in a 1 : 1 molar ratio, respectively, which have been characterized by IR, NMR ( 1 H, 13 C and 119 Sn) spectra and elemental analyses. X-ray crystal structure analyses indicate that the compound [(C 4 H 3 S)CS 2 CH 2 CO 2 ] 2 Sn(Bu n ) 2 is monomeric with the tin atom occupying a skew-trapezoidal bipyramidal geometry. In addition, this compound forms a three-dimensional structure through the weak intermolecular S ... S and Sn ... O interactions. Compound {[((C 4 H 3 S)CS 2 CH 2 CO 2 )Sn(Bu n ) 2 ] 2 O} 2 is a centrosymmetric dimer with a cyclic Sn 2 O 2 unit, in which the coordination modes of the two crystallographically unique carboxylic ligands are different. One acts as monodentate ligand by the carboxylate oxygen atom, the other bridges two tin atoms via only one carboxylate oxygen atom. Furthermore, each tin atom in this compound locates a distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry. Biological activities of these organotin compounds show that they have hardly acaricidal activity, but display certain activities on fungi. In mononuclear tin compounds, the inhibition percentage of [(C 4 H 3 S)CS 2 CH 2 CO 2 ] 2 Sn(Bu n ) 2 in vitro for Alternaria solani and Physolospora piricola is 57.1% and 43.9%, respectively, while in dimers {[((C 4 H 3 O)CS 2 CH 2 CO 2 )Sn(Bu n ) 2 ] 2 O} 2 shows high inhibition percentage for Gibbereila zeae (52.6%) and Physolospora piricola (50.0%), respectively.This compound was obtained similarly using carboxymethyl 2-furandithioate (1 mmol) reacted with n Bu 2 SnO (1 mmol) as described above for 1. The reaction time was 4 h. After