Abstract Functionally substituted triorganotin halides V–IX of type R 2 Sn (X)(CH 2) 2 P (O) PhR′(R= Me, t-Bu; Rt́= OEt, t-Bu; X= Cl, Br) have been synthesized by halogen cleavage of the corresponding tetraorganotin compounds R 2 R 2 Sn (CH 2) 2 P (O) PhR′(R 2= Me or Ph), I–IV. The solid state structure of Me 2 Sn (Br)(CH 2) 2 P (O) PhBu-t (IX), determined by X- ray diffraction, shows a distorted trigonal-bipyramidal structure at the tin atom, with ...