Carbon monosulfide

Carbon monosulfide is a chemical compound with the formula CS. This diatomic molecule is the sulfur analogue of carbon monoxide, and is unstable as a solid or a liquid, but it has been observed as a gas both in the laboratory and in the interstellar medium.[1] The molecule resembles carbon monoxide with a triple bond between carbon and sulfur. The molecule is not intrinsically unstable, but it tends to polymerize. This tendency reflects the greater stability of C–S single bonds.

This article is about an unstable molecule. It is not to be confused with CS gas, a tear gas.
Carbon monosulfide
Lewis structure, showing a C–S bond distance of 1.5349 angstroms
Space-filling model of the carbon monosulfide molecule
Names
IUPAC name
carbon monosulfide
Other names
carbon(II) sulfide, thiocarbonyl, sulfidocarbon, methanidylidynesulfanium
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1697516, 1918616
ChEBI
ChemSpider
648
Properties
CS
Molar mass 44.07 g·mol−1
Appearance reddish crystalline powder
insoluble
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Polymers with the formula (CS)n have been reported.[2] Also, CS has been observed as a ligand in some transition metal complexes.

References
  1. Wilson, R. W.; Penzias, A. A.; Wannier, P. G.; Linke, R. A. (1976). "Isotopic abundances in interstellar carbon monosulfide". Astrophysical Journal. 204 (pt 2): L135–L137. Bibcode:1976ApJ...204L.135W. doi:10.1086/182072.
  2. Chou, J.-H.; Rauchfuss, T. B. (1997). "Solvatothermal Routes to Poly(Carbon Monosulfide)s Using Kinetically Stabilized Precursors" (PDF). Journal of the American Chemical Society. 119 (19): 4537–4538. doi:10.1021/ja970042w.
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