A series of novel organotin compounds have been synthesised from the reacti
on of tribenzyltin chloride with quinones/barbiturates/triazoles on basic a
lumina in an open vessel under microwave irradiation (MWI). The reaction ti
me has been brought down from hours to seconds compared to conventional hea
ting. All the synthesis compounds have shown significant antibacterial and
antifungal activity. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.