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Highly toxic chemicals comprising tin combined with organic molecules, used in antifouling paints such as tributyl tin.
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Compounds containing at least one bond between tin and carbon.
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Organotin compounds or stannanes are chemical compounds based on tin with hydrocarbon substituents. Organotin chemistry is part of the wider field of organometallic chemistry. The first organotin compound was diethyltindiiodide, discovered by Edward Frankland in 1849.
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