Sulfur mononitride

Sulfur mononitride
Wireframe model of sulfur mononitride
Wireframe model of sulfur mononitride
Spacefill model of sulfur mononitride
Spacefill model of sulfur mononitride
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
sulfur mononitride
Systematic IUPAC name
Azaniumylsulfanidylidyne
Other names
  • Aminiosulfanidylidyne
  • Thionitroso radical
  • Thionitrosyl radical
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
Abbreviations (NS)(.)
ChEBI
ChemSpider
660
  • InChI=1S/H3NS/c1-2/h1H3
    Key: ZGSDJMADBJCNPN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • [N+] [S-]
Properties
NS
Molar mass 46.07 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

Sulfur mononitride is an inorganic compound with the molecular formula SN. It is the sulfur analogue of and isoelectronic to the radical nitric oxide, NO. It was initially detected in 1975, in outer space in giant molecular clouds and later the coma of comets.[1] This spurred further laboratory studies of the compound. Synthetically, it is produced by electric discharge in mixtures of nitrogen and sulfur compounds, or combustion in the gas phase and by photolysis in solution.[2]

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