Carbonyl sulfide

• Formula: COS
• Molecular weight: 60.075
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/COS/c2-1-3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: JJWKPURADFRFRB-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 463-58-1
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file or as a computed 3d SD file
  The 3d structure may be viewed using Java or Javascript.
• Other names: Carbon oxide sulfide; Carbon oxysulfide; COS; Oxycarbon sulfide; UN 2204; Carbon oxide sulphide; carbonyl sulphide
• Permanent link for this species. Use this link for bookmarking this species for future reference.
• Information on this page:
  • Phase change data
  • Gas phase ion energetics data
  • Mass spectrum (electron ionization)
  • References
  • Notes
• Other data available:
  • Gas phase thermochemistry data
  • Condensed phase thermochemistry data
  • Reaction thermochemistry data
  • Henry's Law data
  • Ion clustering data
  • IR Spectrum
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Fluid Properties
• Data at other public NIST sites:
  • Microwave spectra (on physics lab web site)
  • Electron-Impact Ionization Cross Sections (on physics web site)
  • Gas Phase Kinetics Database
• Options:
  • Switch to SI units

Data at NIST subscription sites:

• NIST / TRC Web Thermo Tables, professional edition (thermophysical and thermochemical data)

NIST subscription sites provide data under the NIST Standard Reference Data Program, but require an annual fee to access. The purpose of the fee is to recover costs associated with the development of data collections included in such sites. Your institution may already be a subscriber. Follow the links above to find out more about the data in these sites and their terms of usage.

Phase change data

Go To: Top, Gas phase ion energetics data, Mass spectrum (electron ionization), References, Notes

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

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
TRC - Thermodynamics Research Center, NIST Boulder Laboratories, Chris Muzny director
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing
AC - William E. Acree, Jr., James S. Chickos

Enthalpy of vaporization

Entropy of vaporization

Antoine Equation Parameters

log₁₀(P) = A − (B / (T + C))
    P = vapor pressure (atm)
    T = temperature (K)

View plot Requires a JavaScript / HTML 5 canvas capable browser.

Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Gas phase ion energetics data

Go To: Top, Phase change data, Mass spectrum (electron ionization), References, Notes

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

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

Data compiled as indicated in comments:
LL - Sharon G. Lias and Joel F. Liebman
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
B - John E. Bartmess

Electron affinity determinations

Ionization energy determinations

Appearance energy determinations

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

Go To: Top, Phase change data, Gas phase ion energetics data, References, Notes

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

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

Spectrum

Notice: This spectrum may be better viewed with a Javascript and HTML 5 enabled browser.

For Zoom

1.) Enter the desired X axis range (e.g., 100, 200)

2.) Check here for automatic Y scaling

3.) Press here to zoom

Additional Data

References

Go To: Top, Phase change data, Gas phase ion energetics data, Mass spectrum (electron ionization), Notes

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

Clusius and Weigand, 1940
Clusius, K.; Weigand, K., Melting Curves of the Gases A, Kr, Xe, CH4, CH3D, CD4, C2H4, C2H6, COS, and PH3 to 200 Atmospheres Pressure. The Chane of Volume on Melting, Z. Phys. Chem., Abt. B, 1940, 46, 1-37. [all data]

Kemp and Giauque, 1937
Kemp, J.D.; Giauque, W.F., Carbonyl Sulfide. The Heat Capacity, Vapor Pressure and Heats of Fusion ad Vaporization. The Third Law of Thermodynamics and Orientation Equilibrium in the Solid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 79. [all data]

Robinson and Senturk, 1979
Robinson, D.B.; Senturk, N.H., The vapor pressure and critical properties of carbonyl sulfide, J. Chem. Thermodyn., 1979, 11, 461. [all data]

Kemp and Giauque, 1937, 2
Kemp, J.D.; Giauque, W.F., Carbonyl sulfide. The heat capacity, vapor pressure, and heats of fusion and vaporization. The third law of thermodynamics and orientation equilibrium in the solid, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1937, 59, 79-84. [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]

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]

Frank and Clusius, 1939
Frank, A.; Clusius, K., Z. Phys. Chem. Abt. B, 1939, 42, 395. [all data]

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]

Compton, Reinhardt, et al., 1975
Compton, R.N.; Reinhardt, P.W.; Cooper, C.D., Collisional ionization of Na, K, and Cs by CO₂, COS, and CS₂: Molecular electron affinities, J. Chem. Phys., 1975, 63, 3821. [all data]

Surber, Ananthavel, et al., 2002
Surber, E.; Ananthavel, S.P.; Sanov, A., Nonexistent electron affinity of OCS and the stabilization of carbonyl sulfide anions by gas phase hydration, J. Chem. Phys., 2002, 116, 5, 1920-1929, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1433001 . [all data]

Chen and Wentworth, 1983
Chen, E.C.M.; Wentworth, W.E., Determination of molecular electron affinities using the electron capture detector in the pulse sampling mode at steady state, J. Phys. Chem., 1983, 87, 45. [all data]

Wang, Reutt, et al., 1988
Wang, L.; Reutt, J.E.; Lee, Y.T.; Shirley, D.A., High resolution UV photoelectron spectroscopy of CO₂, COS, and CS₂ using supersonic molecular beams, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1988, 47, 167. [all data]

Carnovale, Hitchcock, et al., 1982
Carnovale, F.; Hitchcock, A.P.; Cook, J.P.D.; Brion, C.E., Absolute dipole oscillator strengths for molecular and dissociative photoionization of Cos(10 - 50eV) and CS₂(10 - 40eV), Chem. Phys., 1982, 66, 249. [all data]

Ono, Osuch, et al., 1981
Ono, Y.; Osuch, E.A.; Ng, C.Y., Molecular beam photoionization study of OCS, (OCS)₂, (OCS)₃, and OCS.CS₂, J. Chem. Phys., 1981, 74, 1645. [all data]

Potts and Fattahallah, 1980
Potts, A.W.; Fattahallah, G.H., High-resolution ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy of CO₂, COS and CS₂, J. Phys. B:, 1980, 13, 2545. [all data]

Hubin-Franskin, Marmet, et al., 1980
Hubin-Franskin, M.-J.; Marmet, P.; Huard, D., Excitation and ionization of OCS and CS₂ by electron impact, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1980, 33, 311. [all data]

Delwiche, Hubin-Franskin, et al., 1980
Delwiche, J.; Hubin-Franskin, M.-J.; Caprace, G.; Natalis, P.; Roy, D., On the He(I) and Ne(I) photoelectron spectra of OCS, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1980, 21, 205. [all data]

Frey, Gotchev, et al., 1978
Frey, R.; Gotchev, B.; Peatman, W.B.; Pollak, H.; Schlag, E.W., Photoionization resonance study of the X(²π), A(²π), B(²Σ⁺) and C(²Σ⁺) states of CS₂⁺ and CO_S⁺, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1978, 26, 137. [all data]

Natalis, 1973
Natalis, P., Contribution a la spectroscopie photoelectronique. Effets de l'autoionisation dans less spectres photoelectroniques de molecules diatomiques et triatomiques, Acad. R. Belg. Mem. Cl. Sci. Collect. 8, 1973, 41, 1. [all data]

Frost, Lee, et al., 1973
Frost, D.C.; Lee, S.T.; McDowell, C.A., Photoelectron spectra of OCSe, SCSe, and CSe₂, J. Chem. Phys., 1973, 59, 5484. [all data]

Ferreira and Costa, 1972
Ferreira, M.A.A.; Costa, M.L., Impacto electronico no oxi-sulfureto de carbono: potenciais de aparecimento de io~es positivos, calores de formaca~o e energias de dissociaca~o, Rev. Port. Quim., 1972, 14, 21. [all data]

Brundle and Turner, 1969
Brundle, C.R.; Turner, D.W., Studies on the photoionisation of the linear triatomic molecules: N₂O, COS, CS₂ and CO₂ using high-resolution photoelectron spectroscopy, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1969, 2, 195. [all data]

Matsunaga and Watanabe, 1967
Matsunaga, F.M.; Watanabe, K., Ionization potential and absorption coefficient of COS, J. Chem. Phys., 1967, 46, 4457. [all data]

Dibeler and Walker, 1967
Dibeler, V.H.; Walker, J.A., Mass spectrometric study of the photoionization of small polyatomic molecules, Advan. Mass Spectrom., 1967, 4, 767. [all data]

Potts and Williams, 1974
Potts, A.W.; Williams, T.A., The observation of "forbidden" transitions in He II photoelectron spectra, J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom., 1974, 3, 3. [all data]

Hubin-Franskin, Huard, et al., 1978
Hubin-Franskin, M.J.; Huard, D.; Marmet, P., On the heat of formation of CS from CS₂ and OCS, Int. J. Mass Spectrom. Ion Phys., 1978, 27, 263. [all data]

Notes

Go To: Top, Phase change data, Gas phase ion energetics data, Mass spectrum (electron ionization), References

• Symbols used in this document:
  

  AE	Appearance energy
  EA	Electron affinity
  IE (evaluated)	Recommended ionization energy
  Pc	Critical pressure
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  Vc	Critical volume
  ΔfH(+) ion,0K	Enthalpy of formation of positive ion at 0K
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapS	Entropy of vaporization

• Data from NIST Standard Reference Database 69: NIST Chemistry WebBook
• The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses its best efforts to deliver a high quality copy of the Database and to verify that the data contained therein have been selected on the basis of sound scientific judgment. However, NIST makes no warranties to that effect, and NIST shall not be liable for any damage that may result from errors or omissions in the Database.
• Customer support for NIST Standard Reference Data products.