Abstract:The crystal and molecular structure and absolute configuration of 2-[ l-(S)-Me2NCH(Me)]C6H4SfnMePhBr, which is the first example of a diastereomerically pure chiral triorganotin halide, are determined by a single-crystal x-ray diffraction study. Crystals are orthorhombic, space group P212121 with Z = 4 in a unit cell of dimensions n = 9.370 (4), b = 13.361 (3), and c = 14.283 (4) A. The final R value is 0.048 for 2784 reflections. The tin atom has a distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry with the C,N-bonded Me2NCH(Me)C6H4 group spanning one equatorial (C) and one axial (N) site. The Ph and M e groups reside in the two equatorial positions resulting in an (S)sn configuration at the tin atom (cf. Figure 1). The configuration at Sn was unambiguously determined by using anomalous diffraction effects which likewise resulted in an independent check of the configuration at the CY-C atom (S configuration). The