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trisulfur
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The molecule, known as trisulfur, sulfur trimer, thiozone, or triatomic sulfur, is a cherry-red allotrope of sulfur. It comprises about 10% of vaporised sulfur at and . It has been observed at cryogenic temperatures as a solid. Under ordinary conditions it converts to cyclooctasulfur.
Chemical data
- Formula
- S3
- Molecular weight
- 96.2 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- bis(sulfanylidene)-lambda4-sulfane
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 95.916
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- canonical SMILES
- S=S=S
- chemical formula
- S₃
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- Trisulfur
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- Trisulfide ion
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The molecule, known as trisulfur, sulfur trimer, thiozone, or triatomic sulfur, is a cherry-red allotrope of sulfur. It comprises about 10% of vaporised sulfur at and . It has been observed at cryogenic temperatures as a solid. Under ordinary conditions it converts to cyclooctasulfur.
==Structure and bonding== In terms of structure and bonding and ozone () are similar. Both adopt bent structures and are diamagnetic. Although represented with S=S double bonds, the bonding situation is more complex.
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