Carbon disulfide

Carbon disulfide
Names
IUPAC name
Carbon disulfide
Systematic IUPAC name
Methanedithione
Other names
Carbon bisulfide
Dithiocarbonic anhydride
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1098293
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.000.767
EC Number
  • 200-843-6
KEGG
RTECS number
  • FF6650000
UNII
UN number 1131
  • InChI=1S/CS2/c2-1-3 Y
    Key: QGJOPFRUJISHPQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y
  • InChI=1/CS2/c2-1-3
    Key: QGJOPFRUJISHPQ-UHFFFAOYAS
  • S=C=S
Properties
CS2
Molar mass 76.13 g·mol−1
Appearance Colorless liquid
Impure: light-yellow
Odor Pleasant, ether- or chloroform-like
Commercial: Foul, like rotten radish
Density 1.539 g/cm3 (−186°C)
1.2927 g/cm3 (0 °C)
1.266 g/cm3 (25 °C)
Melting point −111.61 °C (−168.90 °F; 161.54 K)
Boiling point 46.24 °C (115.23 °F; 319.39 K)
2.58 g/L (0 °C)
2.39 g/L (10 °C)
2.17 g/L (20 °C)
0.14 g/L (50 °C)
Solubility Soluble in alcohol, ether, benzene, oil, CHCl3, CCl4
Solubility in formic acid 4.66 g/100 g
Solubility in dimethyl sulfoxide 45 g/100 g (20.3 °C)
Vapor pressure 48.1 kPa (25 °C)
82.4 kPa (40 °C)
−42.2·10−6 cm3/mol
1.627
Viscosity 0.436 cP (0 °C)
0.363 cP (20 °C)
Structure
Linear
0 D (20 °C)
Thermochemistry
75.73 J/(mol·K)
151 J/(mol·K)
88.7 kJ/mol
64.4 kJ/mol
1687.2 kJ/mol
Hazards
Occupational safety and health (OHS/OSH):
Inhalation hazards
Irritant; neurotoxic
Eye hazards
Irritant
Skin hazards
Irritant
GHS labelling:
Danger
H225, H315, H319, H332, H361fd, H372
P202, P210, P281, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340+P312, P305+P351+P338, P308+P313
ICSC 0022
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
3
4
0
Flash point −43 °C (−45 °F; 230 K)
102 °C (216 °F; 375 K)
Explosive limits 1.3–50%
Lethal dose or concentration (LD, LC):
3188 mg/kg (rat, oral)
>1670 ppm (rat, 1 h)
15500 ppm (rat, 1 h)
3000 ppm (rat, 4 h)
3500 ppm (rat, 4 h)
7911 ppm (rat, 2 h)
3165 ppm (mouse, 2 h)
4000 ppm (human, 30 min)
NIOSH (US health exposure limits):
PEL (Permissible)
TWA 20 ppm C 30 ppm 100 ppm (30-minute maximum peak)
REL (Recommended)
TWA 1 ppm (3 mg/m3) ST 10 ppm (30 mg/m3) [skin]
IDLH (Immediate danger)
500 ppm
Related compounds
Related compounds
Carbon dioxide
Carbonyl sulfide
Carbon diselenide
Supplementary data page
Carbon disulfide (data page)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Carbon disulfide (also spelled as carbon disulphide) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula CS2 and structure S=C=S. It is also considered as the anhydride of thiocarbonic acid. It is a colorless, flammable, neurotoxic liquid that is used as a building block in organic synthesis. Pure carbon disulfide has a pleasant, ether- or chloroform-like odor, but commercial samples are usually yellowish and are typically contaminated with foul-smelling impurities.