  We present results from large-scale shell-model calculations of even and odd
tin isotopes from 134Sn to 142}Sn with a shell-model space defined by the
1f7/2,2p3/2,0h9/2,2p1/2,1f5/2,0i13/2 single-particle orbits. An effective
two-body interaction based on modern nucleon-nucleon interactions is employed.
The shell-model results are in turn analyzed for their pairing content using a
generalized seniority approach. Our results indicate that a pairing-model
picture captures a great deal of the structure and the correlations of the
lowest lying states for even and odd isotopes.
