2-Propanethiol

• Formula: C₃H₈S
• Molecular weight: 76.161
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C3H8S/c1-3(2)4/h3-4H,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: KJRCEJOSASVSRA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 75-33-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: Isopropanethiol; Isopropyl mercaptan; Isopropylthiol; 1-Methylethanethiol; 2-Mercaptopropane; 2-Propylmercaptan; iso-C3H7SH; Propanethiol-(2); 2-Propylthiol; NSC 87537; propane-2-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

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein

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Individual Reactions

C₃H₇S^- +  =

By formula: C₃H₇S^- + H⁺ = C₃H₈S

 +  =  + 

By formula: H₂O + C₅H₁₀OS = C₂H₄O₂ + C₃H₈S

Gas phase ion energetics data

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Data evaluated as indicated in comments:
HL - Edward P. Hunter and Sharon G. Lias
L - Sharon G. Lias

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
B - John E. Bartmess
LBLHLM - Sharon G. Lias, John E. Bartmess, Joel F. Liebman, John L. Holmes, Rhoda D. Levin, and W. Gary Mallard
LLK - Sharon G. Lias, Rhoda D. Levin, and Sherif A. Kafafi
RDSH - Henry M. Rosenstock, Keith Draxl, Bruce W. Steiner, and John T. Herron

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Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₃H₇S^- +  =

By formula: C₃H₇S^- + H⁺ = C₃H₈S

Gas Chromatography

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Data compiled by: NIST Mass Spectrometry Data Center, William E. Wallace, director

Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Kovats' RI, polar column, custom temperature program

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Hunter, E.P.; Lias, S.G., Evaluated Gas Phase Basicities and Proton Affinities of Molecules: An Update, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 1998, 27, 3, 413-656, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.556018 . [all data]

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Ogata, Onizuka, et al., 1973
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Broer, Weringa, et al., 1979
Broer, W.J.; Weringa, W.D.; Nieuwpoort, W.C., Rearrangements and fragmentations of [C₂H₅S]⁺ ions, Org. Mass Spectrom., 1979, 14, 543. [all data]

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Zhu, Wang, et al., 2007
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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔrG°	Free energy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions

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