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Thiols and Related Compounds

Hydropolysulfides Rule C-513

513.1 - Compounds R-S2H, R-S3H . . . R-SnH are designated by radicofunctional nomenclature, generically as "hydropolysulfides", specifically by name of the radical R followed by "hydrodisulfide", "hydrotrisulfide" . . . . "hydropolysulfide". But see also Rule C-641.3 and Table XII.

Examples to Rule C-513.1

513.2 - When the presence of an unbranched chain of sulfur atoms is to be stressed, compounds R-S-SH, R-S-S-SH . . . . R[-S-]nH are named as disulfanes, trisulfanes . . . . polysulfanes substituted by a radical R.

Examples to Rule C-513.2

See Recommendations'93 R-5.5.1.2

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Thiols and related compounds Rule C-514, Rule C-515
Sulfenic Acids and Their Derivatives Rule C-521
Thioaldehydes (Monomeric), Tioketones, and Tioacetals Rule C-531, Rule C-532, Rule C-533
Thiocarboxylic Acids and Thiocarbonic Acid Derivatives Rule C-541, Rule C-542, Rule C-543 , Rule C-544, Rule C-545, Rule C-546, Rule C-547 , Rule C-548
Sulfonium Compounds Rule C-551
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