(2,2'-Bipyridine-κN,N')dichloridobis(4-fluoro-benz-yl)tin(IV)

The six-coordinate Sn(IV) atom in the title compound, [Sn(C(7)H(6)F)(2)Cl(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))], shows a trans-C(2)SnN(2)Cl(2) octa-hedral coordination [C-Sn-C = 174.81 (10) and 176.71 (9)° in the two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit]; the Cl atoms are cis to each other as are the N atoms of the chelating N-heterocycle.