Simulated gastric hydrolysis and developmental toxicity of dimethyltin bis(2-ethylhexylthioglycolate) in rats.

Dimethyltin dichloride is used as the putative toxophore for dimethyltin bis-alkylthio esters in a read-across approach. Recent chemical and toxicological investigations challenges this read across as data on dioctyltin bis(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate) and dibutyltin bis(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate) showed the dialkyltin thioglycolates do not generate dialkyltin dichloride. Results obtained by Sn-NMR spectroscopy demonstrated that dimethyltin bis(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate), the smallest commercially manufactured dialkyltin thioester molecule of this kind, hydrolyzed to dimethyltin chloro-(2-ethylhexyl) thioglycolate under simulated gastric conditions.

Simulated gastric hydrolysis and developmental toxicity of dibutyltin bis(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate) in rats.

Previously, dibutyltin dichloride (DBTC) was the putative toxophore for dibutyltin bis-alkyl and bis-thio esters. Recent chemical and toxicological data on dioctyltin bis(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate) suggest the thioglycolate esters of alkyltins do not generate the dichloride toxophore. Our results, using Sn-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, demonstrated that dibutyltin bis(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate) (DBTE) is hydrolyzed to dibutyltin chloro-(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate) (DBTEC) under simulated gastric conditions.

"Simulated gastric hydrolysis and developmental toxicity of dioctyltin bis(2-Ethylhexylthioglycolate) [DOTE] in rabbits and mice".

Based on previous studies, dioctyltin dichloride [DOTC] was a putative toxophore for dioctyltin thioesters. Our results, generated with the use of Sn-NMR spectroscopy demonstrated that dioctyltin bis(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate) [DOTE] hydrolyzed to form dioctyltin chloro-(2-ethylhexyl thioglycolate) [DOTCE] under simulated gastric conditions, but no DOTC was formed. DOTE was administered orally at 4, 20, and 80 mg/kg/day [GD6-GD28; rabbits] or at 15, 30, and 60 mg/kg/day [GD5-GD17; mice].