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Dimethyl Sulfide

An organic compound, C2H6S, 62.137 g/mol. Boiling point 37 °C, melting point -98.24 °C, as published.

verified record, Organic compound, 7 measured properties

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₂H₆S
Molecular weight
62.137 g/mol
Exact mass
62.019021 g/mol
IUPAC name
methylsulfanylmethane
SMILES
CSC
InChI
InChI=1S/C2H6S/c1-3-2/h1-2H3
InChIKey
QMMFVYPAHWMCMS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Measured properties

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

Boiling Point
99 °F at 760 mmHg (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
37 °Cmeasured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
Melting Point
-144 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
-98.24 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density
0.85 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will floatmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals
0.8483 g/cu cm at 20 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility
Soluble in alcohol, ether; soluble in water at concentrations below 300 mMmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Slightly soluble in water; soluble in ethanol, ethyl ethermeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure
502.0 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases
502 mm Hg at 25 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
LogP
0.84measured · ILO-WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSCs)
Flash Point
-36 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · CAMEO Chemicals
-48 °C (closed cup)measured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

Calculated properties

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

Molecular weight
62.14 g/molcalculated · reference compound database
Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass
62.01902136 Dacalculated · reference compound database
Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3
0.9calculated · reference compound database
Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area
25.3 Ųcalculated · reference compound database
Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity
2calculated · reference compound database
A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors
0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · reference compound database
logP
0.9792calculated · chemistry engine
Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area
0 Ųcalculated · chemistry engine
Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors
0calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors
1calculated · chemistry engine
Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds
0calculated · chemistry engine
Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity
19.439 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
0.4028calculated · chemistry engine
Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

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

Structure

Heavy atoms, hydrogen excluded
3
Total atoms, hydrogen included
9
Rings
0
Aromatic rings
0
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

The molecule in three dimensions

Rotate and inspect the atoms. Loaded only when you ask, so the page stays light.

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 Dimethyl Sulfide yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is methylsulfanylmethane.

The sources also call it Methyl sulfide, Methane, thiobis-, Methyl thioether, dimethyl sulphide, dimethylsulfide, 2-Thiapropane, Dimethyl thioether, Dimethylsulphide, Methylthiomethane, METHYLSULFANYLMETHANE, Methyl sulphide.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Dimethyl Sulfide has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Dimethyl Sulfide. 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.

Where these values came from

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.