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2-methylthiophene
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2-Methylthiophene is an organosulfur compound with the formula CH3C4H3S. It is a colorless, flammable liquid. It can be produced by Wolff-Kishner reduction of thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde. Its commercial synthesis involvess vapor-phase dehydrogenation of a 1-pentanol/CS2 mixture.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C5H6S
- Molecular weight
- 98.17 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2-methylthiophene
- SMILES
- CC1=CC=CS1
- InChIKey
- XQQBUAPQHNYYRS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.3
- Polar surface area
- 28.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 98.019
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- Commons category
- 2-Methylthiophene
- chemical formula
- C₅H₆S
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=CC=CS1
- found in taxon
- tomato
- melting point
- -63.0
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2-Methylthiophene is an organosulfur compound with the formula CH3C4H3S. It is a colorless, flammable liquid. It can be produced by Wolff-Kishner reduction of thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde. Its commercial synthesis involvess vapor-phase dehydrogenation of a 1-pentanol/CS2 mixture.
==See also== 3-Methylthiophene
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