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The odor of EtSH is infamous. Ethanethiol is more volatile than ethanol due to a diminished ability to engage in hydrogen bonding. Ethanethiol is toxic in high concentrations. It occurs naturally as a minor component of petroleum, and may be added to otherwise odorless gaseous products such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to help warn of gas ...
A human olfactory receptor, OR2T11, has been identified which, in the presence of copper, is highly responsive to the gas odorants (see below) ethanethiol and t-butyl mercaptan as well as other low molecular weight thiols, including allyl mercaptan found in human garlic breath, and the strong-smelling cyclic sulfide thietane.
Diethyl sulfide is a by-product of the commercial production of ethanethiol, which is prepared by the reaction of ethylene with hydrogen sulfide over an alumina-based catalyst. The amount of diethyl sulfide produced can be controlled by varying the ratio of hydrogen sulfide to ethylene.
1,2-Ethanedithiol has been used as a scavenger in peptide cleavage synthesis. [citation needed] Like 1,3-propanedithiol, 1,2-ethanedithiol readily forms metal thiolate complexes. Illustrative is the synthesis of the derivative diiron ethanedithiolate hexacarbonyl upon reaction with triiron dodecacarbonyl: [5]
Cylinder of methanethiol gas. Methanethiol is mainly used to produce the essential amino acid methionine, which is used as a dietary component in poultry and animal feed. [10] Methanethiol is also used in the plastic industry as a moderator for free-radical polymerizations [10] and as a precursor in the manufacture of pesticides.
Hydrogen fuel cells are vying for a top spot among humanity’s green energy solutions, but chemicals found in fuel cells— as well as the environmental cost of producing hydrogen—are a major ...
Toxicity may be due to metabolism products hydrogen sulfide and acetaldehyde, however as used it has a margin of safety of over 10,000,000. [2] Other ways that it is modified in the body apart from hydrolysis is methylation to 1-methylsulfanyl-ethanethiol, oxidation of the sulfur to an ethyl sulfonate, glucuronidation of the sulfur, or ...
Both unsubstituted and substituted tetrahydrothiophenes are reported to occur in nature. For example, tetrahydrothiophene occurs as a volatile from Eruca sativa Mill. . (salad rocket) [5] while monocyclic substituted tetrahydrothiophenes have been isolated from Allium fistulosum 'Kujou', [6] Allium sativum (garlic), [7] Allium cepa (onion), [8] Allium schoenoprasum (chives), [9] and Salacia ...