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metal-organic compounds
The presence of bidentate bridging carboxylate ligands leads to the formation of a polymeric structure in the title compound, catena-poly[trimethyltin--[p-(2-hydroxy-5-methylphenylazo)benzoato-O:O']], [Sn(C14H11N2O3)(CH3)3]n. The Sn atom is five-coordinate and exists in a distorted trigonal bipyramidal geometry with the three methyl groups defining the trigonal plane.