Electron Configuration of Tin

 Tin has a ground state electron configuration of 1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s²3d¹⁰4p⁶5s²4d¹⁰5p² and can form covalent tin (II) compounds with its two unpaired p-electrons. In the three dimensional figure below, the first and most inner electron shell is represented by blue electrons, the second electron shell made up of eight electrons is represented by red electrons, the third shell containing eighteen electrons is represented with green electrons, and the next outer electron again contains eighteen electrons and represented in purple.