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organotin

organotin adjective: describing any organic compound containing a carbon to tin bond.

Adjective

organotin (not comparable)

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

Noun

organotin (plural organotins)

  1. Any compound of this kind.
    • 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.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
    Synonyms:
    organostannane

Synonyms of organotin

Forms of organotin

Adjective
alternative formorgano-tin
Noun
pluralorganotins

Origin of organotin

From organo- + tin.

Questions about organotin

What does organotin mean?
Organotin means describing any organic compound containing a carbon to tin bond.
What part of speech is organotin?
Organotin can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near organotin in the dictionary

  1. organotherapy
  2. organothiol
  3. organothiophosphate
  4. organothiophosphates
  5. organothorium
  6. organotin
  7. organotins
  8. organotitanate
  9. organotitanium
  10. organotolerance
  11. organotolerant

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