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Trisulfur

Trisulfur
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Ball-and-stick model of trisulfur
Names
IUPAC name
Trisulfur
Identifiers
[1] 12597-03-4
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ChEBI CHEBI:29388
ChemSpider 62201
Properties
S3
Molar mass 96.198 g/mol
Structure
bent
Related compounds
Related compounds
ozone
Disulfur monoxide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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The S
3
molecule
or trisulfur or sulfur trimer or thiozone or triatomic sulfur is an allotrope of sulfur. It occurs as a mixture in liquid and gaseous sulfur and also at cryogenic temperatures as a solid. Under standard conditions it is unstable and self reacts to solid sulfur cyclooctasulfur. The molecule shape is similar to ozone.S
3
is found in sulfur vapour, comprising 10% of vapour species at 713 K (440 °C; 824 °F) and 1,333 Pa (10.00 mmHg; 0.1933 psi). It is cherry red in colour, with a bent structure, similar to ozone, O
3
. The bonds between the atoms are not full double bonds (as this would require two fewer electrons, similar to carbon disulfide), and the molecule can be thought of as a resonance between two states, in each of which one of the end atoms has a negative formal charge while the central atom has a positive formal charge.

The molecule has a distance between sulfur atoms of 191.70 ± .01 pm (1.9170 ± 0.0001 Å) and angle at the central atom of 117.36°±0.006°. However, cyclic S
3
, where the sulfur atoms are arranged in an equilateral triangle with three bonds (similar to cyclic ozone), should in theory be lower in energy than the bent structure actually observed.


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