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Thiophenol

C6H6S, 110.181 g/mol. Its structure, the values that were measured, the values that were calculated, and where each one came from.

Organic — aromatic thiol8 measured properties96 documented reactions

Drawn from the SMILES. It shows how the atoms are connected — not a photograph of a molecule, and not its shape in space.

Identifiers

Molecular formula
C₆H₆S
Molecular weight
110.181 g/mol
Exact mass
110.019021 g/mol
SMILES
Sc1ccccc1
InChI
InChI=1S/C6H6S/c7-6-4-2-1-3-5-6/h1-5,7H
InChIKey
RMVRSNDYEFQCLF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Both are open without an account.

Measured properties

Values somebody obtained from a sample and published. Where two sources report the same property they are both shown, in the units each used — a disagreement between them is information, and averaging it away would be inventing a number neither one gave.

Boiling Point
334.9 °F at 760 mmHg (EPA, 1998)measured · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Chemical Profiles and Emergency First Aid Guides. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
169.1 °Cmeasured · Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 94th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2013-2014, p. 3-38
169.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hgmeasured · The Good Scents Company Information System
168 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
169 °C; 46.4 °C (10mm Hg)measured · reference compound database
336 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
169.5 °C @760 [mm Hg]measured · reference compound database
336 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
Melting Point
5.4 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Chemical Profiles and Emergency First Aid Guides. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
-14.87 °Cmeasured · Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 94th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2013-2014, p. 3-38
-14.8 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
-15 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
5.4 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
-14.8 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
5 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
Flash Point
127 °F (USCG, 1999)measured · U.S. Coast Guard. 1999. Chemical Hazard Response Information System (CHRIS) - Hazardous Chemical Data. Commandant Instruction 16465.12C. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
127 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
50 °C (122 °F) (Closed cup)measured · Sigma-Aldrich; Material Safety Data Sheet for Thiophenol. Product Number: 240249, Version 3.4 (Revision Date 07/01/2014). Available from, as of October 9, 2014: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/safety-center.html
132 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
132 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
Solubility
0.08 % at 77 °F (NIOSH, 2024)measured · reference compound database
In water, 835 mg/L at 25 °Cmeasured · Wakita K et al; Chem Pharm Bull 34: 4463-81 (1986)
Water solubility of 836 mg/l at 25 °C.measured · Hine J, Mookerjee PK; J Org Chem 40: 292-8 (1975)
In water, 470 mg/L at 15 °Cmeasured · Verschueren, K. Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals. Volumes 1-2. 4th ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York, NY. 2001, p. 1995
Very soluble in alcohol; miscible with ether, benzene, carbon disulfidemeasured · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013., p. 1733
Soluble in ethanol, ethyl ether, benzene; slightly soluble in carbon tetrachloridemeasured · Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 94th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2013-2014, p. 3-38
0.835 mg/mL at 25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
Solubility in water: nonemeasured · reference compound database
insoluble in water; slightly soluble in alcohol and ether; soluble in oilsmeasured · reference compound database
(in ethanol)measured · reference compound database
(77 °F): 0.08%measured · reference compound database
Density
1.0728 at 77 °F (EPA, 1998) - Denser than water; will sinkmeasured · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Chemical Profiles and Emergency First Aid Guides. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
1.0775 g/cu cm at 20 °Cmeasured · Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 94th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2013-2014, p. 3-38
Relative density (water = 1): 1.07measured · reference compound database
1.073-1.080measured · reference compound database
1.073measured · reference compound database
1.073 @25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
1.08measured · reference compound database
Vapor Pressure
1 mmHg at 65.48 °F (EPA, 1998)measured · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 1998. Extremely Hazardous Substances (EHS) Chemical Profiles and Emergency First Aid Guides. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
1.93 [mmHg]measured · reference compound database
Vapor pressure: 1 mm Hg at 18.6 °C; 10 mm Hg at 56 °C; 100 mm Hg at 106.6 °Cmeasured · Verschueren, K. Handbook of Environmental Data on Organic Chemicals. Volumes 1-2. 4th ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York, NY. 2001, p. 1995
1.93 mm Hg at 25 °Cmeasured · Chao J et al; J Phys Chem Ref Data 12: 1033-63 (1983)
Vapor pressure, kPa at 18 °C: 0.13measured · reference compound database
1 mmHg at 65.48 °Fmeasured · reference compound database
2 [mm Hg] @25 °Cmeasured · reference compound database
(65 °F): 1 mmHgmeasured · reference compound database
LogP
log Kow = 2.52measured · Hansch, C., Leo, A., D. Hoekman. Exploring QSAR - Hydrophobic, Electronic, and Steric Constants. Washington, DC: American Chemical Society., 1995., p. 20
2.52measured · reference compound database
2.52measured · reference compound database
2.52measured · reference compound database
Refractive Index
Index of refraction: 1.5893 at 20 °C/Dmeasured · Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 94th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2013-2014, p. 3-38
1.589-1.593measured · reference compound database

Calculated properties

Derived from the structure rather than from a sample. These are reproducible and they are not measurements: a calculated partition coefficient and a measured one can differ by a long way, and where both exist they are listed apart on purpose.

logP
1.9753calculated · 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
1calculated · 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
33.694 cm³/molcalculated · chemistry engine
Relates to the molecule's polarisability.
Fraction sp³ carbons
0calculated · chemistry engine
Share of carbon atoms with tetrahedral bonding.
QED drug-likeness
0.4849calculated · 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
7
Total atoms, hydrogen included
13
Rings
1
Aromatic rings
1
Stereocentres
0
Formal charge
0

Functional groups

  • Thiol

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

  • Aromatic ring

    A flat six-membered ring with delocalised electrons.

Matched by structural pattern, not by a measurement.

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.

Other names for it

No systematic name is recorded.

The sources also call it Benzenethiol, Mercaptobenzene, Phenyl mercaptan, Phenylthiol, Phenylmercaptan, Phenol, thio-, Thiofenol, thiophenate, Benzene, mercapto-, RCRA waste number P014, USAF XR-19, FEMA No. 3616.

Structurally related

Nothing structurally close to Thiophenol has a page here yet.

Seen alongside it in reaction records

Molecules that appear in the same recorded reactions as Thiophenol. 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

  • chemistry engine

    structure perception

No matching record was found in the currently indexed sources (reference compound database)..

What this page does not claim

The identifiers are what the source record holds, copied rather than recomputed. Measured values are reported as their source gave them, units and all; calculated values are marked as calculated and are not measurements. Where a field is absent the page says so, because a blank cell reads as a zero and a guessed value reads as a fact.

Nothing here is a hazard assessment, a purity statement or advice about handling a sample. A flash point quoted from a safety database is a number somebody published, not a judgement by us about whether this molecule is safe for what you intend.