In view of the recent interest in compounds containing M–SH units, an organotin hydrosulfide compound, Me2Sn (SH)(O2CMe)(1) was prepared by controlled hydrolysis of the diorganotin thioacetate. Under similar mild hydrolytic conditions the corresponding benzoate could not be isolated. Instead, the thiobenzoate complex, Me2Sn (SOCPh) 2 (3) was obtained in excellent yields indicating that there was no hydrolysis. Both 1 and 3 were ...
