organotin

English

Alternative forms
  • organo-tin

Etymology

From organo- +‎ tin.

Adjective

organotin (not comparable)

  1. (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to tin bond

Noun

organotin (plural organotins)

  1. Any compound of this kind.
    • 2015 August 29, “Effect of Trimethyltin Chloride on Slow Vacuolar (SV) Channels in Vacuoles from Red Beet ( Beta vulgaris L.) Taproots”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0136346:
      Although their soil concentrations are low and do not usually exceed the micromolar range, organotins accumulate in plant tissues and trigger numerous changes in their functioning.

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