metal-organic compounds
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The asymmetric unit of the binuclear title compound, [Sn2(C2O4)(C6H5)6(CH4N2S)2], consists of one half of the organotin(IV) molecule. The remainder is generated by a twofold rotation axis passing through the mid-point of the oxalate C—C bond. The SnIV atom exhibits a distorted trigonal–bipyramidal coordination environment with the phenyl groups in equatorial positions and the thiourea and the monodentately bridging oxalate anion in axial positions. The molecules are linked through N—HO hydrogen bonds involving the amino group of the thiourea ligand and the uncoordinating oxalate O atoms, forming layers parallel to (001). Weak C—HO interactions are also present.