S-oxide
Appearance

In organosulfur chemistry, S-oxide may refer to:
- S-oxides of disulfides, compounds with the linkage RSS(O)R. Several 1,2-dithiolanes form S-oxides.
- S-oxides of thioketones and thioaldehydes, compounds with the formula R2C=S=O and RCH=S=O, respectively.[1] syn-Propanethial-S-oxide, a lacrymatory component of onion, is one example.
- sulfoxides, compounds with the formula R2SO, are sometimes referred to as S-oxides. Methionine-S-oxide reductase illustrates this nomenclature.
Sulfur oxide refers to inorganic compounds with the formula SOx, especially sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide.
References
[edit]- ^ "thioketone S-oxides". IUPAC Gold Book.