Methyl Thioglycolate

An ester, C3H6O2S, 106.146 g/mol. Boiling point 148 °C, as published.

verified recordOrganic — ester1 measured properties

Identifiers

Molecular formula: C₃H₆O₂S
Molecular weight: 106.146 g/mol
Exact mass: 106.00885 g/mol
IUPAC name: methyl 2-sulfanylacetate
SMILES: COC(=O)CS
InChI: InChI=1S/C3H6O2S/c1-5-3(4)2-6/h6H,2H2,1H3
InChIKey: MKIJJIMOAABWGF-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: 148 °Cmeasured · Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB)

Calculated properties

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

Molecular weight: 106.15 g/molcalculated · reference compound database; Average mass of one molecule, from reference compound database.
Exact mass: 106.0088506 Dacalculated · reference compound database; Mass of the most common isotopic form.
XLogP3: 0.4calculated · reference compound database; Estimated oil/water partition, computed by reference compound database.
Polar surface area: 27.3 Å²calculated · reference compound database; Polar surface area as computed by reference compound database.
Complexity: 52calculated · reference compound database; A rough measure of how intricate the structure is.
H-bond donors: 1calculated · reference compound database
H-bond acceptors: 3calculated · reference compound database
logP: 0.0892calculated · chemistry engine; Estimated preference for oil over water. Higher means more oil-like.
Topological polar surface area: 26.3 Å²calculated · chemistry engine; Surface area from polar atoms; relates to how easily a molecule crosses membranes.
H-bond donors: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can donate a hydrogen bond.
H-bond acceptors: 3calculated · chemistry engine; Atoms that can accept a hydrogen bond.
Rotatable bonds: 1calculated · chemistry engine; Single bonds the molecule can freely twist around.
Molar refractivity: 25.869 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: 0.3785calculated · chemistry engine; Quantitative estimate of drug-likeness (0–1).

What it is made of

Elements

C Carbon3 atoms · 33.9% by mass
S Sulfur1 atom · 30.2% by mass
O Oxygen2 atoms · 30.1% by mass
H Hydrogen6 atoms · 5.7% 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: 6
Total atoms, hydrogen included: 12
Rings: 0
Aromatic rings: 0
Stereocentres: 0
Formal charge: 0

Functional groups

Ester
A carbonyl bonded to an oxygen that links to another carbon.
Ether
An oxygen bridging two carbons.
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 Methyl Thioglycolate yet.

Other names for it

The systematic name on this record is methyl 2-sulfanylacetate.

The sources also call it Methyl mercaptoacetate, Methyl 2-mercaptoacetate, Thioglycolic acid methyl ester, Methylthioglycolate, Acetic acid, mercapto-, methyl ester, Methanethiol, methoxy-, Methylmercaptoacetate, USAF EK-7119, Acetic acid, 2-mercapto-, methyl ester, DTXSID0033673, O1608LA9EL.

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.

(Methylthio)acetic acid

C3H6O2S

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Methyl Thioglycolate. 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.

(3-Oxo-2-thiophen-2-ylmethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-ylsulfanyl)-acetic acid methyl ester

formed as a product

C₁₆H₁₅NO₃S₂, 333.434 g/mol.

1,4-Dioxane

used as a reactant

C₄H₈O₂, 88.106 g/mol.

1,1'-(9,9-Dimethyl-9H-xanthene-4,5-diyl)bis(1,1-diphenylphosphine)

used as a reactant

C₃₉H₃₂OP₂, 578.632 g/mol.

Where these values came from

reference compound database16907
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.