Structured Summary
Abstract
A colorless, flammable, poisonous liquid, CS2. It is used as a solvent, and is a counterirritant and has local anesthetic properties but is not used as such. It is highly toxic with pronounced CNS, hematologic, and dermatologic effects.
Chemical Identity
Chemical Information
- Molecular Formula
- CS2
- Molecular Weight
- 76.15 g/mol
- CAS Registry No.
- 75-15-0
- IUPAC Name
- methanedithione
- InChIKey
- QGJOPFRUJISHPQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- SMILES
- C(=S)=S
- MeSH Unique ID
- D002246
- Source
- PubChem CID 6348
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Synonyms
1 entry terms
- Disulfide, Carbon
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Carbon Disulfide. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002246. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002246
- Carbon Disulfide. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_disulfide
- Carbon Disulfide. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243354
- Carbon Disulfide. In: PubChem Compound. CID 6348. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/6348