👉 In organic chemistry, a thiol is a functional group that can donate electrons to other groups. Thiophenes are a class of thioalkanes (a type of functional group). They are characterized by the presence of a thiol group in their structure and often have a negative charge on one or both carbon atoms.
Thiophene is a member of the thiol family, which also includes other functional groups such as carboxylic acids (COOH), amides (NH
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