Crystal structure of the coordination compound of tri­iodido­methyltin(IV) with 2,2′-bi­pyridine, MeSnI3·bipy

The title complex is one of the few structurally characterized coordination compounds of an organotin(IV) trihalide with 2,2′-biypridine. Its distorted octa­hedral geometry shows a meridional arrangement of the I atoms and the methyl group is in-plane with the five-membered chelate ring. Directional inter­molecular inter­actions are restricted to weak I⋯H van der Waals contacts.