Chemical Properties
2-Thienyl mercaptan has a very unpleasant, burnt caramellic and sulfuraceous odor with a similar flavor.
Chemical Properties
Clear yellowish to orange liquid
Uses
2-Thiophenethiol is used in biological studies to evaluate the changes in key odorants of hazelnut induced by roasting.
Preparation
By heating sodium sulfosuccinate with phosphorous trichloride; also by reduction of thiophene-2-sulfonyl chloride.
Definition
ChEBI: Thiophene-2-thiol is a heteroarene.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 75, p. 6316, 1953
DOI: 10.1021/ja01120a518