Thioacetic acid

• Formula: C₂H₄OS
• Molecular weight: 76.118
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H4OS/c1-2(3)4/h1H3,(H,3,4) Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DUYAAUVXQSMXQP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 507-09-5
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methanecarbothiolic acid; Thioacetic S-acid; Ethanethioic acid; Acetyl mercaptan; Ethanethiolic acid; Thiacetic acid; Thiolacetic acid; Thionoacetic acid; CH3COSH; Kyselina thiooctova; UN 2436; USAF EK-P-737; Acetic acid, thio-
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Reaction thermochemistry data

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

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Individual Reactions

=  + 

By formula: C₄H₆O₂S = C₂H₂O + C₂H₄OS

 +  =  + 

By formula: C₂H₄OS + H₂O = C₂H₄O₂ + H₂S

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₄OS + C₃H₆O = C₅H₁₀O₂S

 +  =

By formula: C₂H₂O + C₂H₄OS = C₄H₆O₂S

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi

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Ionization energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Gas Chromatography

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References

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Blake and Speis, 1974
Blake, P.G.; Speis, A., Reactions of keten. Part IV. Kinetics and thermodynamics of the gas-phase reaction: Thioacetic acid + keten = acetic Thioanhydride, J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 2, 1974, 1879-1881. [all data]

Sunner and Wadso, 1957
Sunner, S.; Wadso, I., The heat of hydrolysis of thiolacetic acid, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1957, 53, 455-459. [all data]

Horii, Kawamura, et al., 1972
Horii, T.; Kawamura, S.; Tsurugi, J., A NMR study of the thioacetic acid-acetone mixture, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1972, 45, 2200-2202. [all data]

Nagata, Yamabe, et al., 1975
Nagata, S.; Yamabe, T.; Fukui, K., A study of the electronic spectra of thioacetic acid and its ethyl ester, J. Phys. Chem., 1975, 79, 2335. [all data]

Huynh-Ba, Matthey-Doret, et al., 2003
Huynh-Ba, T.; Matthey-Doret, W.; Fay, L.B.; Rhlid, R.B., Generation of thiols by biotransformation of cysteine-aldehyde conjugates with Baker's yeast, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2003, 51, 12, 3629-3635, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf026198j . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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