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 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

View reactions leading to C₃H₈S⁺ (ion structure unspecified)

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

De-protonation reactions

C₃H₇S^- +  =

By formula: C₃H₇S^- + H⁺ = C₃H₈S

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Gas Chromatography

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Kovats' RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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Normal alkane RI, non-polar column, isothermal

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References

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Hunter and Lias, 1998
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]

Traeger, 1984
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Ogata, Onizuka, et al., 1973
Ogata, H.; Onizuka, H.; Nihei, Y.; Kamada, H., The photoelectron spectra of alcohols, mercaptans and amines, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn., 1973, 46, 3036. [all data]

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]

Keyes and Harrson, 1968
Keyes, B.G.; Harrson, A.G., The fragmentation of aliphatic sulfur compounds by electron impact, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1968, 90, 5671. [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]

Miller and Bruno, 2003
Miller, K.E.; Bruno, T.J., Isothermal Kováts retention indices of sulfur compounds on a poly(5% diphenyl-95% dimethylsiloxane) stationary phase, J. Chromatogr. A, 2003, 1007, 1-2, 117-125, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(03)00958-0 . [all data]

Garbuzov, Misharina, et al., 1985
Garbuzov, V.G.; Misharina, T.A.; Aerov, A.F.; Golovnya, R.V., Gas chromatographic retention indices for sulphur(II)-containing organic substances, J. Anal. Chem. USSR (Engl. Transl.), 1985, 40, 4, 576-586. [all data]

Mikhailova, Gren, et al., 1985
Mikhailova, T.V.; Gren, A.I.; Vysotskaja, L.E.; Misharina, T.A.; Vitt, S.V.; Golovnya, R.V., Identification of sulphur-organic compounds obtained by thermal treatment of the meat broths in the presence of alkyl-mercaptopropanol, Nahrung, 1985, 29, 7, 671-680, https://doi.org/10.1002/food.19850290705 . [all data]

Zygmunt and Staszewski, 1981
Zygmunt, B.; Staszewski, R., Retention index and gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric identification of thiols in liquified gas, Chem. Anal. (Warsaw), 1981, 26, 109-113. [all data]

Golovnya and Garbuzov, 1974
Golovnya, R.V.; Garbuzov, V.G., Effect of heteroatom in aliphatic sulfur- and oxygen-containing compounds on the values of the retention indices in gas chromatography, Izv. Akad. Nauk SSSR Ser. Khim., 1974, 7, 1519-1521. [all data]

Zhu, Wang, et al., 2007
Zhu, X.H.; Wang, W.; Schramm, K.-W.; Niu, W., Prediction of the Kova´ ts Retention Indices of Thiols by Use of Quantum Chemical and Physicochemical Descriptors, Chromatographia, 2007, 65, 11-12, 719-724, https://doi.org/10.1365/s10337-007-0237-3 . [all data]

Safa and Hadjmohannadi, 2005
Safa, F.; Hadjmohannadi, M.R., Use of topological indices of organic sulfur compounds in quantitative structure-retention relationship study, QSAR Comb. Sci., 2005, 24, 9, 1026-1032, https://doi.org/10.1002/qsar.200530008 . [all data]

Yang, Wang, et al., 2004
Yang, Y.; Wang, Z.; Zong, B.; Yang, H., Determination of sulfur compounds in fluid catalytic cracking gasoline by gas chromatography with a sulfur chemiluminiscence detector, Chin. J. Chromatogr., 2004, 22, 3, 216-219. [all data]

Yang, Yang, et al., 2003
Yang, Y.T.; Yang, H.Y.; Zong, B.N.; Lu, W.Z., determination and distribution of sulfur compounds in gasoline by gas chromatography-atomic emission detector, Chinise J. Anal. Chem. (Fenxi Huaxue), 2003, 31, 10, 1153-1158. [all data]

Rotsatschakul, Visesanguan, et al., 2009
Rotsatschakul, P.; Visesanguan, W.; Smitinont, T.; Chaiseri, S., Changes in volatile compounds during fermentation of nham (Thai fermented sausage), Int. Food Res. J., 2009, 16, 391-414. [all data]

Zenkevich, 1998
Zenkevich, I.G., The Principle of Structural Analogy in the Calculation of Gas Chromatographic Retention Indices using Physico-Chemical Constants of Organic Compounds, Zh. Anal. Khim. (Rus.), 1998, 53, 1, 43-49. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

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

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