Sulfur in Thiols and Sulfides

Thiols and sulfides are sulfur-based organic compounds. Thiols are sulfur analogs of alcohols, and sulfides are sulfur analogs of ethers. In thiols, the sulfur atom is written as RSH, where R is an alkyl group and SH is the functional group.

Sulfides have a central sulfur atom bonded to two hydro...

Thiols and sulfides are sulfur equivalents of alcohols and ethers, respectively, where the sulfur atom replaces the oxygen atom of alcohols and ethers.

Thus, thiols have the –SH functional group, also known as the sulfhydryl or the mercapto group, bonded to a hydrocarbon group.

Sulfides, or thioethers, have the central sulfur atom ...