Dichloridobis(4-chloro-benz-yl)(4,4'-dimethyl-2,2'-bipyridine-κN,N')tin(IV)

The Sn(IV) atom in the title compound, [Sn(C(7)H(6)Cl)(2)Cl(2)(C(12)H(12)N(2))], is coordinated by the bidentate N-heterocycle mol-ecule, two chloro-benzyl anions and two Cl(-) anions in a distorted trans-C(2)SnCl(2)N(2) octa-hedral geometry [C-Sn-C = 178.4 (1)°]. In the mol-ecular structure, the two benzene rings are oriented at a dihedral angle of 39.62 (17)°.