What is Thioketone?
[[Image:Thioketone Structural Formulae V.1.png|thumb|right|140px|General structure of a thioketone]] A '''thioketone''' (or '''thione''') is any [[molecule]] with the [[functional group|group]] R<sub>2</sub>C=S. It is like a [[ketone]] with the [[oxygen]] atom changed with a [[sulfur]] one. The sulfur atom has a [[double bond]] with the [[carbon]] atom. It also keeps two [[lone pair]]s. Thioketones are very reactive. This is because they are good [[electrophile]]s. Many of them are unstable. They want to form [[cyclic compound|ring]]s. They do that with [[cycloaddition]] reactions, similar to the [[Diels-Alder reaction]]. If one of the R groups is [[hydrogen]], the molecule is the sulfur version of an [[aldehyde]]. It is called a [[thial]], and it is even more reactive than a thioketone. {{Functional group}} [[Category:Functional groups]] [[Category:Organosulfur compounds]]