Compound

dimethyl sulfide

A methyl sulfide in which the sulfur atom is substituted by two methyl groups. It is produced naturally by some marine algae.

Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:17437), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.

CHEBI:17437ChEBI

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Structure

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A generated conformer of dimethyl sulfide — one low-energy arrangement PubChem computed, not a measured structure. Hydrogens are not drawn; the formula counts them.

Class: Organic compound
Formula: C2H6S
Mass: 62.137 g/mol
Charge: 0
InChIKey: QMMFVYPAHWMCMS-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES: CSC
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Identity from ChEBI, geometry from PubChem. Not evidence.

What it touches on the way

Mechanistic reach

1 entity

1 entities reached.

0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold

INMTProteinUNIPROT:O95050substrate ofInferred only7 paths7 endpoints

What the reference databases state

Statements

5 statements

5 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: dimethyl sulfide · Sources: Rhea

Order

dimethyl sulfide is converted to methanethiolCompoundRhea RHEA:50428Inferred only
methanethiol is converted to dimethyl sulfideCompoundRhea RHEA:50428Inferred only
dimethyl sulfide is converted to trimethylsulfoniumCompoundRhea RHEA:19613Inferred only
trimethylsulfonium is converted to dimethyl sulfideCompoundRhea RHEA:19613Inferred only
dimethyl sulfide is a substrate of INMTProteinRhea RHEA:19613Inferred only

Reactions

12 reactions

trimethylsulfonium+(6S)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolatedimethyl sulfide+(6S)-5-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate+hydron
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Rhea RHEA:13693CC BY 4.0Reference data
dimethyl sulfide+S-adenosyl-L-methioninetrimethylsulfonium+S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine
Catalysed by INMT
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:19613CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:16457CHEBI:37080+dimethyl sulfide+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:19965CC BY 4.0Reference data
dimethyl sulfide+a menaquinone+waterCHEBI:28262+a menaquinol
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:28494CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:28262+CHEBI:61684dimethyl sulfide+CHEBI:44027+water
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Rhea RHEA:29203CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:28262+a menaquinoldimethyl sulfide+a menaquinone+water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:29207CC BY 4.0Reference data
2Fe(III)-[cytochrome c2]+dimethyl sulfide+water2Fe(II)-[cytochrome c2]+CHEBI:28262+2hydron
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Rhea RHEA:30227CC BY 4.0Reference data
CHEBI:61873+CHEBI:28262CHEBI:48455+dimethyl sulfide+water
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Rhea RHEA:30587CC BY 4.0Reference data
dimethyl sulfide+NADH(2-)+dioxygen+hydronmethanethiol+formaldehyde+NAD(1-)+water
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:31355CC BY 4.0Reference data
methanethiol+S-adenosyl-L-methioninedimethyl sulfide+S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalanced
Rhea RHEA:50428CC BY 4.0Reference data
dimethyl sulfide+NADH(2-)+dioxygen+hydronCHEBI:28262+NAD(1-)+water
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Rhea RHEA:57960CC BY 4.0Reference data
dimethyl sulfide+AH2CHEBI:16183+methanethiol+A
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Rhea RHEA:81431CC BY 4.0Reference data

Other names

7 names

Resolves to: dimethyl sulfide

Also called: (METHYLSULFANYL)METHANE[SMe2]2-thiapropanedimethyl sulphideDMSMethyl sulfideMethyl thioether