Chemical Properties
clear colorless to light yellow liquid
Uses
Methyl p-Tolyl Sulfide (CAS# 623-13-2) can be used as a potential for drug interaction mediation by polymorphic flavin-containing monooxygenase 3 in human livers. It can also be used to analyze peroxide in laundry detergents using liquid chromatography.
Definition
ChEBI: Methyl p-tolyl sulfide is an aryl sulfide that is thioanisole in which the hydrogen at the para position has been replaced by a methyl group. It is an aryl sulfide and a member of toluenes.
General Description
Aerobic oxidation of methyl
p-tolyl sulfide catalyzed by a heteroscorpionate Ru(II)-aqua complex has been reported. Chloroperoxidase catalyzed oxidation of methyl
p-tolyl sulfide has been reported.