Di-n-but-yl{1-[1-(2-hydroxy-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]-5-[1-(2-oxidophen-yl)ethyl-idene]thio-carbazonato-κO,N,S}tin(IV).

The 'symmetrical' 1,5-bis-[1-(2-hydroxy-phen-yl)ethyl-idene]thio-carbazone Schiff base condenses with dibutyl-tin oxide to form the title complex, [Sn(C(4)H(9))(2)(C(17)H(16)N(4)O(2)S)], in which the deprotonated ligand O,N,S-chelates to the Sn atom of two crystallographically independent mol-ecules. The ligand bears a formal negative charge on the S and one O atom; the other O atom retains its H atom. The Sn atoms are five-coordinated in a cis-C(2)NOSSn trigonal-bipyramidal environment, and the apical sites are occupied by the O and S atoms.