Ethanethiol

• Formula: C₂H₆S
• Molecular weight: 62.134
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H6S/c1-2-3/h3H,2H2,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DNJIEGIFACGWOD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-08-1
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• Other names: Ethyl hydrosulfide; Ethyl mercaptan; Ethyl sulfhydrate; Ethyl thioalcohol; Mercaptoethane; Thioethanol; Thioethyl alcohol; 1-Mercaptoethane; C2H5SH; Aethanethiol; Aethylmercaptan; Etantiolo; Ethaanthiol; Ethylmercaptaan; Ethylmerkaptan; Etilmercaptano; LPG ethyl mercaptan 1010; UN 2363; 1-Ethylthiol; NSC 93877
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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

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]

Majer and Svoboda, 1985
Majer, V.; Svoboda, V., Enthalpies of Vaporization of Organic Compounds: A Critical Review and Data Compilation, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford, 1985, 300. [all data]

Cossar, Fournier, et al., 1962
Cossar, B.C.; Fournier, J.O.; Fields, D.L.; Reynolds, D.D., Prepartion of Thiols, J. Org. Chem., 1962, 27, 93. [all data]

Hu and Chen, 1958
Hu, P.-F.; Chen, W.-Y., Organophosphorous Compounds IV. The Anomalous Reaction of Some Alcohls with Phosphorous Pentasulfide, Hua Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 1958, 24, 112-6. [all data]

Dunbar and Bolstad, 1955
Dunbar, R.E.; Bolstad, A.N., The Acetylation of Mercaptans with Ketene, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1955, 77, 4672. [all data]

Birch, 1953
Birch, S.F., Sulphur Compounds in Petroleum, J. Inst. Pet., 1953, 39, 185. [all data]

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

Denyer, Fidler, et al., 1949
Denyer, R.L.; Fidler, F.A.; Lowry, R.A., Azeotrope Formation Between Thiols and Hydrocarbons, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1949, 41, 2727-37. [all data]

Lecat, 1947
Lecat, M., Orthobaric Azeotropes of Sulfides, Bull. Cl. Sci., Acad. R. Belg., 1947, 33, 160-82. [all data]

Trotter and Thompson, 1946
Trotter, I.F.; Thompson, H.W., Infrared SPectra of Thiols, Sulfides, and Disulfides, J. Chem. Soc., 1946, 1946, 481. [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]

Faber and Reid, 1917
Faber, E.M.; Reid, E.E., Studies in Esterfication. IX. The Esterfication of Acetic and Propionic Acids by Methyl, Ethyl, Propyl, Isobutyl, and Isoamyl Mercaptans, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1917, 39, 1931. [all data]

Sabatier and Mailhe, 1910
Sabatier, P.; Mailhe, A., General Methods for Direct Preparation of Thiols by Catalysic Splitting of Alcohols, C. R. Hebd. Seances Acad. Sci., 1910, 150, 1217. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

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