The amidotin (II) triflate [{Sn (NR2){μ-η2-OTf)} 2]∞(1) has been prepared in high yield by two methods: from Sn (NR2) 2+ HOTf, or from [Sn (NR2)(μ-Cl)] 2+ 2AgOTf (R= SiMe3,− OTf=− OSO2CF3). The triflate ligand in the crystalline compound 1 binds to two tin atoms in an O, O′-bridging fashion (av. Sn O 2.395 (4) Å) and uses its third oxygen atom to bind more loosely to a tin atom of a neighbouring dinuclear tin unit [av. Sn O ″2.832 (4) Å]. ...