User:Graeme Bartlett/Sulfine

A sulfine is a compound containing the structure R2SO group. They are also known as thioaldehyde and thioketone S-oxides or thiocarbonyl S-oxide. If two oxygen atoms are bound to the sulfur, this becomes a sulfene. Another related class of compound is the sulfoxides in which two carbon atoms are bound to sulfur. The simplest member of the sulfines, with R=H is thioformaldehyde-S-oxide. A well known sulfine is syn-Propanethial-S-oxide produced by cut onions.