{"term":{"id":"06101","title":"sulfenyl radicals","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - sulfenyl radicals","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.S06101","code":"S06101","status":"current","synonym":"<em>synonyms<\/em>: thiyl radicals, alkylthio radical, sulfanyl radicals","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Sulfur-centered radicals having the structure $\\ce{RS^{.}}$ ($\\ce{R} \\neq \\ce{H}$). This term is derived from sulfenic acids. The synonymous term sulfanyl radicals is derived from sulfane, $\\ce{H2S}$. E.g. $\\ce{CH3S^{.}}$ methylsulfanyl or methanesulfenyl radical. An older synonymous term is alkylthio radical.","links":[{"term":"sulfenic acids","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/S06096"}],"sources":["PAC, 1995, 67, 1307. 'Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995)' on page 1368 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac199567081307)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/S06101\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/S06101\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/S06101\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'sulfenyl radicals' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.S06101","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-06-21T06:51:05+00:00"}}