Disulfide, dimethyl

• Formula: C₂H₆S₂
• Molecular weight: 94.199
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C2H6S2/c1-3-4-2/h1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: WQOXQRCZOLPYPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 624-92-0
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 2,3-Dithiabutane; Methyl disulfide; (Methyldithio)methane; Dimethyl disulfide; Dimethyl disulphide; (CH3S)2; UN 2381; DMDS; Sulfa-Hitech; NSC 9370; (Methyldisulfanyl)methane
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  • IR Spectrum
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Gas phase thermochemistry data

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Condensed phase thermochemistry data

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ALS - Hussein Y. Afeefy, Joel F. Liebman, and Stephen E. Stein
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid

Phase change data

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Data compiled as indicated in comments:
BS - Robert L. Brown and Stephen E. Stein
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
DRB - Donald R. Burgess, Jr.
DH - Eugene S. Domalski and Elizabeth D. Hearing

Enthalpy of vaporization

Enthalpy of vaporization

Δ_vapH = A exp(-βT_r) (1 − T_r)^β
    Δ_vapH = Enthalpy of vaporization (at saturation pressure) (kcal/mol)
    T_r = reduced temperature (T / T_c)

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Antoine Equation Parameters

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

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Enthalpy of fusion

Entropy of fusion

Reaction thermochemistry data

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Individual Reactions

 +  = 2

By formula: C₄H₁₀S₂ + C₂H₆S₂ = 2C₃H₈S₂

IR Spectrum

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Gas Phase Spectrum

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Additional Data

Mass spectrum (electron ionization)

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Spectrum

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Additional Data

References

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Voronkov, Klyuchnikov, et al., 1989
Voronkov, M.G.; Klyuchnikov, V.A.; Kolabin, S.N.; Shvets, G.N.; Varusin, P.I.; Deryagina, E.N.; Korchevin, N.A.; Tsvetnitskaya, S.I., Thermochemical properties of diorganyl chalcogenides and dichalcogenides RM_nR(M = S, Se, Te; n = 1, 2)., Dokl. Phys. Chem. (Engl. Transl.), 1989, 307, 650-653, In original 1139. [all data]

Hawari, Griller, et al., 1986
Hawari, J.A.; Griller, D.; Lossing, F.P., Thermochemistry of perthiyl radicals, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1986, 108, 3273-3275. [all data]

Hubbard, Douslin, et al., 1958
Hubbard, W.N.; Douslin, D.R.; McCullough, J.P.; Scott, D.W.; Todd, S.S.; Messerly, J.F.; Hossenlopp, I.A.; George, A.; Waddington, G., 2,3-dithiabutane, 3,4-dithiahexane and 4,5-dithiaoctane: Chemical thermodynamic properties from 0 to 1000°K, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1958, 80, 3547-3554. [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]

Scott, Finke, et al., 1950
Scott, D.W.; Finke, H.L.; Gross, M.E.; Guthrie, G.B.; Huffman, H.M., 2,3-Dithiabutane: low temperature heat capacity, heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, vapor pressure, entropy and thermodynamic functions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 2424-2430. [all data]

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]

Pryor and Platt, 1963
Pryor, W.A.; Platt, P.K., Reaction of radicals V. Reaction of Phenyl Radicals with Aliphatic Disulfides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1963, 85, 1496. [all data]

Mcallan, Cullum, et al., 1951
Mcallan, D.T.; Cullum, T.V.; Dean, R.A.; Fidler, F.A., The Preparation and Properties of Sulfur Compounds Related to Petroleum I. The Dialkyl Sulfides and Disulfides, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73, 3627-32. [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]

Scott, Finke, et al., 1950, 2
Scott, D.W.; Finke, H.L.; Gross, M.E.; Guthrie, G.B.; Huffman, H.M., 2,3-Dithiabutane: Low Temperature Heat Capacity, Heat of Fusion, Heat of Vaporization, Vapor Pressure, Entropy and Thermodynamic Functions, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1950, 72, 2424-30. [all data]

Anselme and Teja, 1990
Anselme, M.J.; Teja, A.S., The critical properties of rapidly reacting substances, AIChE Symp. Ser., 1990, 86, 279, 128-32. [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]

White, Barnard--Smith, et al., 1952
White, P.T.; Barnard--Smith, D.G.; Fidler, F.A., Vapor Pressure--Temperature Relationships of Sulfur Compounds Related to Petroleum, Ind. Eng. Chem., 1952, 44, 6, 1430-1438, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie50510a064 . [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]

Haraldson, Olander, et al., 1960
Haraldson, L.; Olander, C.J.; Sunner, S.; Varde, K., Equilibrium studies on the disproportionation reaction between some dialkyl disulfides, Acta Chem. Scand., 1960, 14, 1509-1514. [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Cp,liquid	Constant pressure heat capacity of liquid
  S°liquid	Entropy of liquid at standard conditions
  Tboil	Boiling point
  Tc	Critical temperature
  Tfus	Fusion (melting) point
  Ttriple	Triple point temperature
  ΔcH°liquid	Enthalpy of combustion of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfH°gas	Enthalpy of formation of gas at standard conditions
  ΔfH°liquid	Enthalpy of formation of liquid at standard conditions
  ΔfusH	Enthalpy of fusion
  ΔfusS	Entropy of fusion
  ΔrH°	Enthalpy of reaction at standard conditions
  ΔvapH	Enthalpy of vaporization
  ΔvapH°	Enthalpy of vaporization at standard conditions

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