Benzenemethanethiol

• Formula: C₇H₈S
• Molecular weight: 124.203
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C7H8S/c8-6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-5,8H,6H2 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: UENWRTRMUIOCKN-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 100-53-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: α-Toluenethiol; α-Mercaptotoluene; α-Toluolthiol; (Mercaptomethyl)benzene; Benzyl mercaptan; Benzylthiol; Phenylmethanethiol; Phenylmethyl mercaptan; Thiobenzyl alcohol; α-Tolyl mercaptan; Methanethiol, phenyl-; USAF ex-1509; Benzylhydrosulfide; NSC 41897; toluene-α-thiol
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Data compiled by: Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

References

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Good, 1972
Good, W.D., Enthalpies of combustion of 18 organic sulfur compounds related to petroleum, J. Chem. Eng. Data, 1972, 17, 158-162. [all data]

Mackle and McClean, 1962
Mackle, H.; McClean, R.T.B., Studies in the thermochemistry of organic sulphides. Part 4.-Heat of formation of the mercaptyl radical, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1962, 58, 895-899. [all data]

Cox and Pilcher, 1970
Cox, J.D.; Pilcher, G., Thermochemistry of Organic and Organometallic Compounds, Academic Press, New York, 1970, 1-636. [all data]

Pedley, Naylor, et al., 1986
Pedley, J.B.; Naylor, R.D.; Kirby, S.P., Thermochemical Data of Organic Compounds, Chapman and Hall, New York, 1986, 1-792. [all data]

Weast and Grasselli, 1989
CRC Handbook of Data on Organic Compounds, 2nd Editon, Weast,R.C and Grasselli, J.G., ed(s)., CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 1989, 1. [all data]

American Tokyo Kasei, 1988
American Tokyo Kasei, TCI American Organic Chemical 88/89 Catalog, American Tokyo Kasei, Portland, OR, 1988, 1610. [all data]

Hoffmann, Ess, et al., 1956
Hoffmann, F.W.; Ess, R.J.; Simmons, T.C.; Hanzel, R.S., The Desulfurization of Mercaptans with Trialkyl Phosphites, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1956, 78, 6414. [all data]

Zinner, 1953
Zinner, H., Perparation of Mercaptans, Chem. Ber., 1953, 86, 825. [all data]

Backer and Dijkstra, 1932
Backer, H.J.; Dijkstra, N.D., The Thioethers of Pentaerythritol, Recl. Trav. Chim. Pays-Bas, 1932, 51, 289. [all data]

Dykyj, Svoboda, et al., 1999
Dykyj, J.; Svoboda, J.; Wilhoit, R.C.; Frenkel, M.L.; Hall, K.R., Vapor Pressure of Chemicals: Part A. Vapor Pressure and Antoine Constants for Hydrocarbons and Sulfur, Selenium, Tellurium and Hydrogen Containing Organic Compounds, Springer, Berlin, 1999, 373. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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