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:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• 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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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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Phase change data

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Enthalpy of vaporization

Reaction thermochemistry data

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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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Spectrum

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References

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Sunner, 1963
Sunner, S., Corrected heat of combustion and formation values for a number of organic sulphur compounds, Acta Chem. Scand., 1963, 17, 728-730. [all data]

Sunner, 1955
Sunner, S., Thermochemical investigations on organic sulfur compounds. V. On the resonance energy of thiolacetic acid, thiourea, thiosemicarbzaide, thiophene and thianthrene, Acta Chem. Scand., 1955, 9, 847-854. [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]

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

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]

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]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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