Sulfine

Sulfine
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Methylidene-λ4-sulfanone
Other names
sulfine
Identifiers
CAS Number
  • 40100-16-1
3D model (JSmol)
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ChemSpider
  • 125626
PubChem CID
  • 142407
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  • DTXSID20193145 Edit this at Wikidata
InChI
  • InChI=1S/CH2OS/c1-3-2/h1H2
    Key: IWOKCMBOJXYDEE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • C=S=O
Properties
Chemical formula
 CH2OS
Molar mass 62.09 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Chemical compound

Sulfinylmethane or sulfine is an organic compound with molecular formula H2CSO. It is the simplest sulfine. Sulfines are chemical compounds with the general structure XY=SO.[1] IUPAC considers the term 'sulfine' obsolete,[2] preferring instead thiocarbonyl S-oxide; despite this, the use of the term sulfine still predominates in the chemical literature.

Substituted sulfines

The parent sulfine H2CSO is very labile, whereas substituted derivatives are more conveniently isolated.

One route is a variant of ketene synthesis, in which a sulfinyl halide reacts with a hindered base. For example, syn-propanethial-S-oxide, responsible for eye-watering effects of cutting onions, is produced so from allicin.[3]

Another route is oxidation, as with thiobenzophenone from diphenylsulfine:[4]

(C6H5)2C=S + [O] → (C6H5)2C=S=O
Structure of diphenylsulfine. Selected distances and angles: rS=O = 1.468, rC=S = 1.612 Å, <C=S=O = 113.7°.

See also

References

  1. ^ Binne Zwanenburg (1989). "Sulfine Chemistry". Phosphorus, Sulfur, and Silicon and the Related Elements. 43 (1–2): 1–24. doi:10.1080/10426508908040276.
  2. ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "sulfines". doi:10.1351/goldbook.S06108
  3. ^ Block E., Gillies J.Z., Gillies C.W., Bazzi A.A., Putman D., Revelle L.K., Wang D., Zhang X. (1996). "Allium Chemistry: Microwave Spectroscopic Identification, Mechanism of Formation, Synthesis, and Reactions of (E,Z)-Propanethial S-Oxide, the Lachrymatory Factor of the Onion (Allium cepa)". J. Am. Chem. Soc. 118 (32): 7492–7501. doi:10.1021/ja960722j.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ G. Rindorf; L. Carlsen (1979). "The crystal and molecular structures of the thiobenzophenone S-oxide and thiobenzophenone". Acta Crystallogr. B35 (5): 1179–1182. Bibcode:1979AcCrB..35.1179R. doi:10.1107/S0567740879005835.
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