dithiocarbamate
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- Formation
- Dithiocarbamic acid
- Reactions
- Structure and bonding
- Applications
- See also
- References
thumb|right|General chemical structure of dithiocarbamate esters. R and R" is any group (typically hydrogen or [[organyl), and R' is organyl.]]
In organic chemistry, a dithiocarbamate is a chemical compound with the general formula . It contains the functional group with the structure . It is the analog of a carbamate in which both oxygen atoms are replaced by sulfur atoms (when only one oxygen is replaced the result is thiocarbamate).