Compounds in which the oxygen of a
ketone has been replaced by divalent sulfur
R2C=S
(
R ≠
H ),
e.g.
CH3C(=S)CH2CH3
butane-2-thione.
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on
structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1372