Triphenyltin compounds are

organotin compounds 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 diethyltin diiodide (), discovered ...

with the general formula (C₆H₅)₃SnX. They contain the triphenyltin group, (C₆H₅)₃Sn, or Ph₃Sn, which consists of an atom of

tin Tin is a chemical element with the symbol Sn (from la, stannum) and atomic number 50. Tin is a silvery-coloured metal. Tin is soft enough to be cut with little force and a bar of tin can be bent by hand with little effort. When bent, ...

bonded to three

phenyl group In organic chemistry, the phenyl group, or phenyl ring, is a cyclic group of atoms with the formula C6 H5, and is often represented by the symbol Ph. Phenyl group is closely related to benzene and can be viewed as a benzene ring, minus a hydroge ...

s. Examples of triphenyltins include: * Triphenyltin hydride, Ph₃SnH * Triphenyltin hydroxide, Ph₃SnOH * Triphenyltin chloride, Ph₃SnCl *

Triphenyltin acetate Fentin acetate is an organotin compound with the formula (C6H5)3SnO2CCH3. It is a colourless solid that was previously used as a fungicide Fungicides are biocidal chemical compounds or biological organisms used to kill parasitic fungi or their ...

, Ph₃SnOAc Triphenyltin compounds have been used extensively as algicides and molluscicides in antifouling products since the 1960s, together with tributyltin compounds, and both these classes of compounds are of local (but not global) environmental concern because they are

persistent organic pollutant Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), sometimes known as "forever chemicals", are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They are toxic chemicals that adverse ...

s. They are also used in

organic synthesis Organic synthesis is a special branch of chemical synthesis and is concerned with the intentional construction of organic compounds. Organic molecules are often more complex than inorganic compounds, and their synthesis has developed into one o ...

to generate radicals or cleave carbon-oxygen bonds.

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