Chloridomethyl(2-methylquinolin-8-olato-κ 2 N , O )phenyltin(IV)

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Sn(CH3)(C6H5)(C10H8NO)Cl], consists of two independent molecules, both of which have the N,O-chelated SnIV atom in a cis-C2SnNOCl trigonal-bipyramidal geometry [C—Sn—C = 124.82 (8) and 137.69 (8)°]. The Cl atom of the molecule with the smaller C—Sn—C angle interacts weakly with the SnIV atom of the molecule with the wider C—Sn—C angle at an Sn...Cl distance of 3.595 (1) Å. Weak intermolecular C—H...O and C—H...Cl hydrogen bonding is present in the crystal structure.