Fentin acetate explained

Fentin acetate is an organotin compound with the formula (C₆H₅)₃SnO₂CCH₃. It is a colourless solid that was previously used as a fungicide.^{[1] [2]}

Structure

Most carboxylates of triphenyltin adopt polymeric structures with five-coordinate Sn centers.^[3]

Notes and References

1. G. G. Graf "Tin, Tin Alloys, and Tin Compounds" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005, Wiley-VCH.
2. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/Fentin-acetate Fentin Acetate
3. 10.1016/0022-328X(89)85138-1. Variable-temperature tin-119m Mössbauer spectroscopic and x-ray crystallographic study of triphenyltin(IV) chloroacetate, [(C6H5)3SnOC(O)CH2Cl], and a redetermination of d[ln f(T)]/DT for triphenyltin(IV) acetate. 1989. Weng Ng. Seik. Lan Chin. Kwai. Wei. Chen. Kumar Das. V.G.. Butcher. Ray J.. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 376. 2–3. 277–281.