Ethyl thiocyanate

A nitrile, C3H5NS, 87.147 g/mol. Boiling point 146 °C, melting point -85.5 °C, as published.

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Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₃H₅NS
Molecular weight: 87.147 g/mol
Exact mass: 87.01427 g/mol
IUPAC name: ethyl thiocyanate
SMILES: CCSC#N
InChI: InChI=1S/C3H5NS/c1-2-5-3-4/h2H2,1H3
InChIKey: WFCLYEAZTHWNEH-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: 295 °F at 760 mmHg (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; 146 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Melting Point: -122 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · CAMEO Chemicals; -85.5 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Density: 1.007 at 73.4 °F (EPA, 1998) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · CAMEO Chemicals; 1.0071 @ 23 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Solubility: Insoluble in water; miscible in ethanol, ethyl ether; soluble in chloroformmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)
Vapor Pressure: 4.83 [mmHg]measured · Haz-Map, Information on Hazardous Chemicals and Occupational Diseases; 4 [mm Hg] @25 °Cmeasured · PAC Chemical Database, U.S. Department of Energy
Refractive Index: Index of refraction: 1.4684 @ 15 °C/Dmeasured · Lide, D.R. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 76th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press Inc., 1995-1996., p. 3-320

Calculated properties

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

Molecular weight: 87.15 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 87.01427034 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 1.3calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 49.1 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 51calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 0calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 2calculated · reference compound database
logP: 1.2206calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 23.79 Å²calculated · 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: 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: 23.745 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine; Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons: 0.6667calculated · chemistry engine; Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness: 0.4489calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

C Carbon3 atoms · 41.3% by mass
S Sulfur1 atom · 36.8% by mass
N Nitrogen1 atom · 16.1% by mass
H Hydrogen5 atoms · 5.8% 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: 5
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 10
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Nitrile
A carbon–nitrogen triple bond.

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 Ethyl thiocyanate yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is ethyl thiocyanate.

The sources also call it Ethylthiocyanate, Thiocyanic acid, ethyl ester, Ethyl rhodanate, Ethyl sulfocyanate, Aethylrhodanid, Ethyl rhodanide, Ethane, thiocyanato-, Ethylthiokyanat, (ethylsulfanyl)carbonitrile, Thiocyanic Acid Ethyl Ester, MFCD00001834.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Ethyl thiocyanate has a page here yet.

Where these values came from

reference compound database10968
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.