Triphenyltin hydride

Triphenyltin hydride is the organotin compound with the formula (C6H5)3SnH.

It is a colorless distillable oil that is soluble in organic solvents.

It is often used as a source of "H·" to generate radicals or cleave carbon-oxygen bonds.

Ph3SnH, as it is more commonly abbreviated, is prepared by treatment of triphenyltin chloride with lithium aluminium hydride.

[1] Although Ph3SnH is treated as a source of "H·", in fact it does not release free hydrogen atoms, which are extremely reactive species.

Skeletal formula of triphenyltin hydride
Space-filling model of the triphenyltin hydride molecule