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sulflower
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Sulflower (a portmanteau of sulfur and sunflower) is a stable heterocyclic octacirculene based on thiophene. Sulflower does not contain any hydrogen. With molecular formula (C2S)8 the compound is considered a type of carbon sulfide. The molecule is flat and together with the 9-membered homolog is at a local strain energy minimum.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C16S8
- Molecular weight
- 448.7 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,4,6,8,10,12,14,24-octathianonacyclo[13.8.1.03,22.05,21.07,20.09,19.011,18.013,17.016,23]tetracosa-1(23),3(22),5(21),7(20),9(19),11(18),13(17),15-octaene
- SMILES
- C12=C3SC4=C1C5=C(S4)SC6=C5C7=C(S6)SC8=C7C9=C(S8)SC(=C29)S3
- InChIKey
- SNTHAZVSUIFTDO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 10.8
- Polar surface area
- 226 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 8
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- sulfur
- Mass
- 447.7765680000001
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- canonical SMILES
- C12=C3SC4=C1C5=C(S4)SC6=C5C7=C(S6)SC8=C7C9=C(S8)SC(=C29)S3
- chemical formula
- C₁₆S₈
- Commons category
- Sulflower
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Sulflower (a portmanteau of sulfur and sunflower) is a stable heterocyclic octacirculene based on thiophene. Sulflower does not contain any hydrogen. With molecular formula (C2S)8 the compound is considered a type of carbon sulfide. The molecule is flat and together with the 9-membered homolog is at a local strain energy minimum.
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