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metal-organic compounds
In the title compound, tetraethylammonium bromo[4,5-dimercapto-1,3-dithiol-2-onato(2-)-S4,S5]diethylstannate(1-), [N(C2H5)4][SnBr(C2H5)2(C3OS4)], the anion lies about a mirror plane and the Sn atom has distorted trigonal-bipyramidal geometry, with axial distances Sn-Br 2.8776 (16) and Sn-S 2.562 (2) Å, and equatorial distances Sn-S 2.458 (2) and Sn-C 2.111 (7) Å. The [NEt4]+ cation is disordered about an inversion centre.