Fellow colleagues, do you think COS should be called thiooxycarbon or carbonyl sulfur?
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This post was last edited by liaifeng on 2018-9-3 08:53. Check the comments!
It’s also known as thionocarbene or carbonyl sulfide; in our workshop, we’re used to calling it carbonyl sulfide.
Different names for the same thing! The same person is called Cuihua at home, but Andy outside! :Lol, we usually call it carbonyl sulfide here too.
They are all referred to by different names, but it’s the same thing
We usually refer to it as carbonyl sulfide, which is a more intuitive term for organic compounds.
I also think it should be called carbonyl sulfide; after all, according to organic chemistry, that’s how it should be named.
In organic chemistry, its proper name is carbonyl sulfide; however, some people use an informal term and prefer to call it thiocarbon
So, is it better to call it carbonyl sulfide or organic sulfur?