1,2-Ethanedithiol

A thiol, C2H6S2, 94.204 g/mol. Boiling point 146 °C at 760 mm Hg, melting point -41.2 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₂H₆S₂
Molecular weight: 94.204 g/mol
Exact mass: 93.991092 g/mol
IUPAC name: ethane-1,2-dithiol
SMILES: SCCS
InChI: InChI=1S/C2H6S2/c3-1-2-4/h3-4H,1-2H2
InChIKey: VYMPLPIFKRHAAC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Measured properties

Published measurements, each with its source. Two readings of one property are both shown, in the units each used.

Boiling Point: 146 °C at 760 mm Hgmeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001., p. 664; 144.00 to 146.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hgmeasured · The Good Scents Company Information System; 146 °C; 46-47 °C (6 mm Hg)measured · reference compound database; 146 °C @760 [mm Hg]measured · reference compound database
Melting Point: -41.2 °Cmeasured · Lide, D.R., G.W.A. Milne (eds.). Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. Volume I. 3rd ed. CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton ,FL. 1994., p. V2: 2642; -41.2 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Solubility: Freely soluble in alkaliesmeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001., p. 664; Soluble in ethanol, ether, acetone, and benzene; slightly soluble in alkali.measured · Lide, D.R., G.W.A. Milne (eds.). Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. Volume I. 3rd ed. CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton ,FL. 1994., p. V2: 6242; Soluble in oxygenated solventsmeasured · Ashford, R.D. Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals. London, England: Wavelength Publications Ltd., 1994., p. 384; insoluble in water; miscible in fatmeasured · reference compound database; (in ethanol)measured · reference compound database
Density: 1.123 at 23.5 °Cmeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. 13th Edition, Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 2001., p. 664; 1.123-1.124 (d20/4)measured · reference compound database; 1.124 @25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Vapor Pressure: 5.61 [mmHg]measured · reference compound database; 5.61 mm Hg at 25 °C /Extrapolated/measured · Daubert, T.E., R.P. Danner. Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Pure Chemicals Data Compilation. Washington, D.C.: Taylor and Francis, 1989.; 5.68 [mm Hg] @25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Refractive Index: Index of refraction: 1.5589 at 20 °C/Dmeasured · Lide, D.R., G.W.A. Milne (eds.). Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds. Volume I. 3rd ed. CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton ,FL. 1994., p. 664; 1.558-1.559measured · reference compound database

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure, not from a sample; kept apart from the measurements above.

Molecular weight: 94.2 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 93.99109254 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 0.8calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 2 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 6calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 2calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 2calculated · reference compound database
logP: 0.846calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 0 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 2calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 27.706 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.4421calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

S Sulfur2 atoms · 68.1% by mass
C Carbon2 atoms · 25.5% by mass
H Hydrogen6 atoms · 6.4% by mass

Percentages are of the molecular weight above, worked out the same way the molar mass calculator does it.

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded: 4
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 10
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Thiol
An –SH group, the sulfur analogue of an alcohol.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

The molecule in three dimensions

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The drawing above is a diagram of what is bonded to what. A molecule is not flat, and the model here is one low-energy shape generated from the connectivity — useful for seeing which groups can reach each other, and not a measured structure. A real sample is a population of conformations, interconverting.

Reactions it appears in

No documented reaction with a written procedure and a source involves 1,2-Ethanedithiol yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is ethane-1,2-dithiol.

The sources also call it Ethane-1,2-dithiol, 1,2-Dimercaptoethane, Dithioglycol, Ethylene mercaptan, Ethylenedithiol, Ethylene dithioglycol, Ethylene dimercaptan, Ethylenedimercaptan, Dithioethyleneglycol, S-Ethylene dimercaptan, Ethylene glycol, dithio-.

Structurally related

Molecules sharing this formula, or whose fingerprint is at least 40% similar to this one. Similarity is Tanimoto on Morgan fingerprints over this library only — it is a measure of structural overlap, not of how alike they behave.

1,1-Ethanedithiol

C2H6S2

1,3-Propanedithiol

C3H8S2

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as 1,2-Ethanedithiol. This says nothing about structure: most of them are the bases, solvents, ligands and catalysts the chemistry needed, and they are here because somebody put them in the same flask.

1,4-Dithiin, 2,3-dihydro-5-phenyl-

formed as a product

C₁₀H₁₀S₂, 194.324 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database10902
compound record
chemistry engine
structure perception

compound record.

What this page does not claim

Identifiers are copied from the source record, measured values are reported as published, and calculated values are marked as calculated. Nothing here is a hazard, purity or handling assessment — how the library is checked.