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Thiol vs Butanethiol - What's the difference?

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In organic chemistry terms the difference between thiol and butanethiol

is that thiol is a univalent organic radical (-SH) containing a sulphur and a hydrogen atom; a compound containing such a radical while butanethiol is the thiol, derived from butane, that is the sulfur equivalent of butanol; it is partly responsible for the smell of skunk.

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