The reactions of p-diphenylphosphinobenzoic acid (LCOOH) with various organotin precursors have been carried out. Accordingly, the reaction of [n-BuSn(O)(OH]n with LCOOH afforded the hexameric compound, [n-BuSn(O)O2C–C6H4–p-PPh2]6(1). On the other hand, the reaction of LCOOH with [n-Bu2SnO]n gave the tetrameric compound [{n-Bu2SnO2C–C6H4–p-PPh2}2O]2 (2). The 1-D coordination polymers [R3SnO2C–C6H4–p-P(O) Ph2]n,[ R=n-Bu (3), R=Ph (4)] were prepared in the reaction of [n-Bu3Sn]2O or [Ph3Sn]2O with LCOOH. The compounds 1–4 were structurally characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopic and single crystal X-ray diffraction studies
