Octasulfur
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| Systematic IUPAC name
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| Other names
Octasulfur
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| 2973 | |||
| MeSH | Cyclooctasulfur | ||
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| Properties | |||
| S8 | |||
| Molar mass | 256.48 g·mol−1 | ||
| Appearance | Vivid, yellow, translucent crystals | ||
| Density | 2.07 g/cm3 | ||
| Melting point | 119 °C; 246 °F; 392 K | ||
| Boiling point | 444.6 °C; 832.4 °F; 717.8 K | ||
| log P | 6.117 | ||
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Std molar
entropy (S⦵298) |
32 J·mol−1·K−1[3] | ||
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Octasulfur is an inorganic substance with the chemical formula Page Module:Chem2/styles.css has no content.S8. It is an odourless and tasteless yellow solid, and is a major industrial chemical. It is the most common allotrope of sulfur and occurs widely in nature.[4]
Nomenclature
The name octasulfur is the most commonly used for this chemical. It is systematically named cyclo-octasulfur (which is the preferred IUPAC name) and cyclooctasulfane. It is also the final member of the thiocane heterocylic series, where every carbon atom is substituted with a sulfur atom, thus this sulfur allotrope is systematically named octathiocane as well.
Structure
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The chemical consists of rings of 8 sulfur atoms. It adopts a crown conformation with D4d point group symmetry. The S–S bond lengths are equal, at about 2.05 Å. Octasulfur crystallizes in three distinct polymorphs: rhombohedral, and two monoclinic forms, of which only two are stable at standard conditions. The rhombohedral crystal form is the accepted standard state. The remaining polymorph is only stable between 96 and 115 °C at 100 kPa. Octasulfur forms several allotropes: α-sulfur, β-sulfur, γ-sulfur, and λ-sulfur.
λ-Sulfur is the liquid form of octasulfur, from which γ-sulfur can be crystallised by quenching. If λ-sulfur is crystallised slowly, it will revert to β-sulfur. Since it must have been heated over 115 °C, neither crystallised β-sulfur or γ-sulfur will be pure. The only known method of obtaining pure γ-sulfur is by crystallising from solution.
Octasulfur easily forms large crystals, which are typically yellow and are somewhat translucent.
Production and reactions
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". It is the main (99%) component of elemental sulfur, which is recovered from volcanic sources and is a major product of the Claus process, associated with petroleum refineries. In space, sulfur can be formed by energetic processing of solid hydrogen sulfide,[5] which explains the recent detection of octasulfur in the return samples from the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu.[6]
See also
References
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- ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (2005). Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 2005). Cambridge (UK): RSC–IUPAC. Template:ISBN. p. 49. Electronic version.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."cyclooctasulfur (CHEBI:29385)". Chemical Entities of Biological Interest. UK: European Bioinformatics Institute. Main.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zumdahl, Steven S. (2009). Chemical Principles 6th Ed. Houghton Mifflin Company. p. A23. ISBN 978-0-618-94690-7.
- ^ Steudel, R., "Homocyclic Sulfur Molecules", Topics Curr. Chem. 1982, 102, 149.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Herath, Ashanie; Mcanally, Mason; Turner, Andrew M.; Wang, Jia; Marks, Joshua H.; Foretenberry, Ryan C.; Garcia-Alvarez, Jorge C.; Gozem, Samer; Kaiser, Ralf I. (1 July 2025). "Missing interstellar sulfur in inventories of polysulfanes and molecular octasulfur crowns". Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-61259-2. PMC 12215914.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Takano, Yoshinori (10 July 2024). "Primordial aqueous alteration recorded in water-soluble organic molecules from the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu". Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-024-49237-6. PMC 11237059.
External links
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