tetramethylthiuram disulfide

noun

: a crystalline irritating compound [(CH₃)₂NCS]₂S₂ made by oxidation of a salt of dimethyl-dithiocarbamic acid and used chiefly as an accelerator of rubber vulcanization and as a fungicide and seed disinfectant; bis-(dimethyl-thiocarbamoyl) disulfide

—abbreviation TMTD

called also thiram

Word History

Etymology

tetramethyl + thiuram

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