Hydrogen thioperoxide

Hydrogen thioperoxide
Names
IUPAC name
Sulfenic acid
Systematic IUPAC name
Thioperoxol
Other names
Sulfenic acid
oxadisulfane
Sulfur hydride hydroxide
Sulfonol
Sulfanol
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
672
RTECS number
  • WP4100000
  • InChI=1S/H2OS/c1-2/h1-2H
    Key: RVEZZJVBDQCTEF-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • OS
Properties
H2OS
Molar mass 50.08 g·mol−1
Density 1.249
1.484
Related compounds
Related compounds
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Hydrogen thioperoxide, also called oxadisulfane or sulfanol, is the chemical with the structure H–S–O–H. It can be considered as the simple sulfur-substituted analog of the common hydrogen peroxide (H–O–O–H) chemical, and as the simplest hydrogen chalcogenide containing more than one type of chalcogen. The chemical has been described as the "missing link" between hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen disulfide (H–S–S–H),[2] though it is substantially less stable than either of the other two. It is the inorganic parent structure of the sulfenic acid class of organic compounds (R–S–O–H) and also the oxadisulfide linkage (R1–S–O–R2), where "R" is any organic structure. Sulfur is present in oxidation state 0.

  1. ^ Iraqi, Muhammad; Schwarz, Helmut (April 1994). "Experimental evidence for the gas phase existence of HSOH (hydrogen thioperoxide) and SOH2 (thiooxonium ylide)". Chemical Physics Letters. 221 (5–6): 359–362. Bibcode:1994CPL...221..359I. doi:10.1016/0009-2614(94)00293-2.
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