Thioformaldehyde
Appearance
| |||
Names | |||
---|---|---|---|
Other names
methanethial
| |||
Identifiers | |||
3D model (JSmol)
|
|||
ChemSpider | |||
EC Number |
| ||
PubChem CID
|
|||
CompTox Dashboard (EPA)
|
|||
| |||
| |||
Properties | |||
CH2S | |||
Molar mass | 46.09 | ||
Appearance | unknown | ||
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
|
Thioformaldehyde is the organosulfur compound with the formula CH2S. This compound is very rarely observed because it oligomerizes to 1,3,5-trithiane, which is a stable colorless compound with the same empirical formula. Despite its instability under normal terrestrial conditions, the molecule has been observed in the interstellar medium[1] and has attracted much attention for its fundamental nature.[2] The tendency of thioformaldehyde to form chains and rings is a manifestation of the Double bond rule.
References
- ^ Despois, D., "Radio Line Observations of Molecular and Isotopic Species in Comet C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) Implications on the Interstellar Origin of Cometary Ices", Earth, Moon, Planets 1999, 79, 103-124.
- ^ Clouthier, D. J.; Ramsay, D. A., "The Spectroscopy of Formaldehyde and Thioformaldehyde", Annual Review of Physical Chemistry 1983, 34, 31-58. doi:10.1146/annurev.pc.34.100183.000335