Dimethyl sulfone

• Formula: C₂H₆O₂S
• Molecular weight: 94.133
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H6O2S/c1-5(2,3)4/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: HHVIBTZHLRERCL-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 67-71-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Methane, sulfonylbis-; MSM; Methyl sulfone; Methylsulfonylmethane; Sulfone, dimethyl-; DMSO2; Sulphonylbismethane; Dimethyl sulphone; Sulfonylbismethane; Methane, 1,1'-sulfonylbis-; NSC 63345; 54841-73-5
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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

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

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

Ionization energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₂H₅O₂S^- +  =

By formula: C₂H₅O₂S^- + H⁺ = C₂H₆O₂S

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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References

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Busfield, Mackle, et al., 1961
Busfield, W.K.; Mackle, H.; O'Hare, P.A.G., Studies in the thermochemistry of sulphones. Part 2 - The standard heats of formation of sulphones of the type RSO2CH3, Trans. Faraday Soc., 1961, 57, 1054-1057. [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]

Lee, 1986
Lee, F.-M., Use of Organic Sulfones as the Extractive Distillation SOlvent for Aromatic Recovery, Ind. Eng. Chem. Process Des. Dev., 1986, 25, 949-57. [all data]

Clever and Westrum, 1970
Clever, H.L.; Westrum, E.F., Dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone. Heat capacities, enthalpies of fusion, and thermodynamic properties., J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 1309. [all data]

Stephenson and Malanowski, 1987
Stephenson, Richard M.; Malanowski, Stanislaw, Handbook of the Thermodynamics of Organic Compounds, 1987, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3173-2 . [all data]

Dykyj, 1970
Dykyj, J., Petrochemica, 1970, 10, 2, 51. [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]

Clever and Westrum, 1970, 2
Clever, H.L.; Westrum, E.F., Jr., Dimethylsulfoxide and dimethylsulfone. Heat capacities, enthalpies of fusion, and thermodynamic properties, J. Phys. Chem., 1970, 74, 1309-1317. [all data]

Domalski and Hearing, 1996
Domalski, Eugene S.; Hearing, Elizabeth D., Heat Capacities and Entropies of Organic Compounds in the Condensed Phase. Volume III, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1996, 25, 1, 1, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.555985 . [all data]

Solouki, Bock, et al., 1975
Solouki, B.; Bock, H.; Appel, R., Photoelektronenspektren und Molekuleigenschaften, XLV Schwefelsaure-Derivate X₂SY₂: Alkyl-, Vinyl- und Arylsulfone, Alkylsulfoimide und Sulfurylhalogenide, Chem. Ber., 1975, 108, 897. [all data]

Muller and Schweig, 1973
Muller, C.; Schweig, A., Konjugation in Sulfonen, Tetrahedron, 1973, 29, 3973. [all data]

Solouki, Bock, et al., 1972
Solouki, B.; Bock, H.; Appel, R., Sequence of orbitals in sulfones and sulfodiimides, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl., 1972, 11, 927. [all data]

Mines, Thomas, et al., 1972
Mines, G.W.; Thomas, R.K.; Thompson, H., Photoelectron spectra of compounds containing thionyl and sulphuryl groups, Proc. R. Soc. London A:, 1972, 329, 275. [all data]

Bartmess, Scott, et al., 1979
Bartmess, J.E.; Scott, J.A.; McIver, R.T., Jr., The gas phase acidity scale from methanol to phenol, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1979, 101, 6047. [all data]

Cumming and Kebarle, 1978
Cumming, J.B.; Kebarle, P., Summary of gas phase measurements involving acids AH. Entropy changes in proton transfer reactions involving negative ions. Bond dissociation energies D(A-H) and electron affinities EA(A), Can. J. Chem., 1978, 56, 1. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔsubH°	Enthalpy of sublimation at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization

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