The title complex {[nBu2Sn(2-OHC6H 4CH=NC6H4COO)]20} 2·2H2O was synthesized by the reaction of N-(4-carboxyphenyl)-salicylideneimine with dibutyltin(IV) oxide in 1:1 molar ratio. The compound has been characterized by elemental analysis, IR, 1H NMR spectra and X-ray single crystal diffraction. It crystallizes in triclinic system with space group P1̄. The crystal data are: a=1.2429(2) nm, b=1.261 3(2) nm, c=1.5949(3) nm, α=102.06(2)°, β= 92.884(3)°, γ=95.939(3)°, Z=2, Dc=1.342 g·cm-3, F(000)=1 000, V=2.425 2(7) nm3, R 1=0.041 5, wR2=0.1...