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Dimethyl sulfite
Names
Preferred IUPAC name Dimethyl sulfite
Other names Dimethyl sulphite
Sulfurous acid, dimethyl ester
DMSO3
Identifiers
CAS Number
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ECHA InfoCard 100.009.529 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • 210-481-0
PubChem CID
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InChI
  • InChI=1S/C2H6O3S/c1-4-6(3)5-2/h1-2H3Key: BDUPRNVPXOHWIL-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • InChI=1/C2H6O3S/c1-4-6(3)5-2/h1-2H3Key: BDUPRNVPXOHWIL-UHFFFAOYAF
SMILES
  • COS(=O)OC
  • O=S(OC)OC
Properties
Chemical formula C2H6O3S
Molar mass 110.13 g·mol
Appearance Clear liquid
Density 1.29 g/cm
Boiling point 126 °C (259 °F; 399 K)
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Chemical compound

Dimethyl sulfite is a sulfite ester with the chemical formula (CH3O)2SO.

Dimethyl sulfite is used as an additive in some polymers to prevent oxidation. It is also a potentially useful high energy battery electrolyte solvent.

Structure and conformation

The dimethyl sulfite molecule can adopt several conformations. The most stable is the GG conformer. Each C–O bond is gauche to the S=O bond, depicted below.

Structural formula of the GG conformation of dimethyl sulfite

Preparation

Dimethyl sulfite is prepared from a 1:2 ratio of thionyl chloride and methanol. The reaction can be catalyzed by tertiary amine bases and likely proceeds via the chlorosulfinate (MeOS(O)Cl), this intermediate will exist only fleetingly in the presence of methanol and as such its decomposition to methyl chloride and sulfur dioxide (via the slower SNi mechanism) is not observed to any great extent.

SOCl2 + 2 CH3OH → (CH3O)2SO + 2 HCl

See also

References

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  5. van Woerden, H. F. (December 1963). "Organic Sulfites". Chemical Reviews. 63 (6): 557–571. doi:10.1021/cr60226a001.

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