What is "thiocarbamate"

n. 1 (context organic chemistry English) Any compound formally derived from a carbamate by replacing an oxygen atom by one of sulfur 2 Any of various herbicides based upon this structure

Thiocarbamates are a family of organosulfur compounds. There are two isomeric forms of thiocarbamate esters: O-thiocarbamates, ROC(=S)NR, and S-thiocarbamates, RSC(=O)NR. O-thiocarbamates can isomerise to S-thiocarbamates, for example in the Newman-Kwart rearrangement.