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Metabolite IDPAMDB000486
Identification
Name: Hydrogen sulfide
Description:Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic and flammable gas. Because it is heavier than air it tends to accumulate at the bottom of poorly ventilated spaces. Although very pungent at first, it quickly deadens the sense of smell, so potential victims may be unaware of its presence until it is too late. H2S arises from virtually anywhere where elemental sulfur comes into contact with organic material, especially at high temperatures. Hydrogen sulfide is a covalent hydride chemically related to water (H2O) since oxygen and sulfur occur in the same periodic table group. It often results when bacteria break down organic matter in the absence of oxygen, such as in swamps, and sewers (alongside the process of anaerobic digestion). It also occurs in volcanic gases, natural gas and some well waters. It is also important to note that Hydrogen sulfide is a central participant in the sulfur cycle, the biogeochemical cycle of sulfur on earth. As mentioned above, sulfur-reducing and sulfate-reducing bacteria derive energy from oxidizing hydrogen or organic molecules in the absence of oxygen by reducing sulfur or sulfate to hydrogen sulfide. Other bacteria liberate hydrogen sulfide from sulfur-containing amino acids. Several groups of bacteria can use hydrogen sulfide as fuel, oxidizing it to elemental sulfur or to sulfate by using oxygen or nitrate as oxidant. The purple sulfur bacteria and the green sulfur bacteria use hydrogen sulfide as electron donor in photosynthesis, thereby producing elemental sulfur. (In fact, this mode of photosynthesis is older than the mode of cyanobacteria, algae and plants which uses water as electron donor and liberates oxygen).
Structure
Thumb
Synonyms:
  • Acide sulfhydrique
  • Acide sulphhydrique
  • Dihydrogen disulfide
  • Dihydrogen disulphide
  • Dihydrogen monosulfide
  • Dihydrogen monosulphide
  • Dihydrogen sulfide
  • Dihydrogen sulphide
  • H2S
  • H2S
  • Hepatate
  • Hepatic acid
  • Hepatic gas
  • Hydrogen monosulfide
  • Hydrogen monosulphide
  • Hydrogen sulfide
  • Hydrogen sulphide
  • Hydrogen-sulfide
  • Hydrogen-sulphide
  • Hydrogene sulfure
  • Hydrogene sulphure
  • Hydrosulfate
  • Hydrosulfurate
  • Hydrosulfuric acid
  • Hydrosulphate
  • Hydrosulphurate
  • Hydrosulphuric acid
  • Idrogeno solforato
  • Schwefelwasserstoff
  • Sewer gas
  • Siarkowodor
  • Sour gas
  • Stink dAMP
  • Sulfide
  • Sulfur hydride
  • Sulfur hydroxide
  • Sulfureted hydrogen
  • Sulfuretted hydrogen
  • Sulphide
  • Sulphur hydride
  • Sulphur hydroxide
  • Sulphureted hydrogen
  • Sulphuretted hydrogen
  • Zwavelwaterstof
Chemical Formula: H2S
Average Molecular Weight: 34.081
Monoisotopic Molecular Weight: 33.987720754
InChI Key: RWSOTUBLDIXVET-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI:InChI=1S/H2S/h1H2
CAS number: 7783-06-4
IUPAC Name:hydrogen sulfide
Traditional IUPAC Name: hydrogen sulfide
SMILES:S
Chemical Taxonomy
Taxonomy DescriptionThis compound belongs to the class of inorganic compounds known as homogeneous other non-metal compounds. These are inorganic non-metallic compounds in which the largest atom belongs to the class of 'other nonmetals'.
Kingdom Inorganic compounds
Super ClassHomogeneous non-metal compounds
Class Homogeneous other non-metal compounds
Sub ClassNot Available
Direct Parent Homogeneous other non-metal compounds
Alternative Parents
Substituents
  • Homogeneous other non metal
  • Inorganic sulfide
  • Acyclic compound
Molecular Framework Acyclic compounds
External Descriptors
Physical Properties
State: Liquid
Charge:-1
Melting point: -85.49 °C
Experimental Properties:
PropertyValueSource
Water Solubility:3.74 mg/mL at 21 oC [VENABLE,CS & FUWA,T (1922)]PhysProp
Predicted Properties
PropertyValueSource
logP-0.037ChemAxon
Physiological Charge-1ChemAxon
Hydrogen Acceptor Count0ChemAxon
Hydrogen Donor Count1ChemAxon
Polar Surface Area0 Å2ChemAxon
Rotatable Bond Count0ChemAxon
Refractivity7.36 m3·mol-1ChemAxon
Polarizability3.45 Å3ChemAxon
Number of Rings0ChemAxon
Bioavailability1ChemAxon
Rule of FiveYesChemAxon
Ghose FilterYesChemAxon
Veber's RuleYesChemAxon
MDDR-like RuleYesChemAxon
Biological Properties
Cellular Locations: Cytoplasm
Reactions:
Pathways:
Spectra
Spectra:
Spectrum TypeDescriptionSplash Key
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-MS (2 TMS)splash10-03di-1900000000-447434090a2b915c1731View in MoNA
GC-MSGC-MS Spectrum - GC-MSNot Available
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-001i-9000000000-2d63abb89fd699a31707View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-001i-9000000000-2d63abb89fd699a31707View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-001i-9000000000-2d63abb89fd699a31707View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Positivesplash10-001i-9000000000-2d63abb89fd699a31707View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Positivesplash10-001i-9000000000-2d63abb89fd699a31707View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Positivesplash10-001i-9000000000-2d63abb89fd699a31707View in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-001i-9000000000-05710009cb2405db27bdView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-001i-9000000000-05710009cb2405db27bdView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-001i-9000000000-05710009cb2405db27bdView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 10V, Negativesplash10-001i-9000000000-05710009cb2405db27bdView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 20V, Negativesplash10-001i-9000000000-05710009cb2405db27bdView in MoNA
Predicted LC-MS/MSPredicted LC-MS/MS Spectrum - 40V, Negativesplash10-001i-9000000000-05710009cb2405db27bdView in MoNA
MSMass Spectrum (Electron Ionization)splash10-001i-9000000000-5373be1d46feb66d09a8View in MoNA
1D NMR1H NMR SpectrumNot Available
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Synthesis Reference: Not Available
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CHEBI ID16136
HMDB IDHMDB03276
Pubchem Compound ID402
Kegg IDC00283
ChemSpider ID391
WikipediaHydrogen sulfide
BioCyc IDHS
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