Organostannum(IV) complexes derived from dicarboxylic acids have been successfully synthesised from triphenylstannum(IV) hydroxide (Ph3SnOH). The complexes were obtained by refluxing Ph3SnOH and the respective dicarboxylic acids (malonic, succinic, glutaric and adipic acids) using a Dean and Stark apparatus in the appropriate solvent. The free ligands and complexes were characterised by C, Hand Sn elemental analysis and spectroscopic methods such as infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance (1H, 13C NMR). Structure determination of triphenylstannum(IV) succinate, 2, showed that each dicarboxylate anion was bonded monodentatically to two triphenylstannum(IV) moieties. The geometry surrounding each stannum atom is close to a tetrahedron. Spectroscopic data obtained for all complexes were found to be similar and thus it may be concluded that all complexes have the same structure as 2.