Organotin compounds environmental degradation

The emphasis on organotin-containing polymers is the results of several factors. The first one involves the early discovery of their biological activity and more recently that these organotin compounds generally degrade to nontoxic inorganic compounds so that they are environmentally friendly. The second reason is the commercial availability of a wide... 

As discussed in section 2, the alkyltin component of organotin compounds is relatively stable to environmental degradation processes such as hydrolysis, compared with the association with the relative ligand (such as an isooctyl mercaptoacetate group). Thus, in water, most of the derivatives are reported to dissociate to the constituent alkyltin (usually as the chloride or the oxide) and the relevant anion (KemI, 2000). 

Blunden, S. J. and A.H. Chapman. 1982. The environmental degradation of organotin compounds — a review. 

Much will depend here on the outcome of the present study of the metabolic fate of organotin compounds under environmental conditions. It is generally accepted that the basic types of organotin compounds are subject to the following generalized pattern of physical, chemical and/or biochemical degradation ... 

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