Infrared Spectra and Interstellar Sulfur: New Laboratory Results for H2S and Four Malodorous Thiol Ices

Abstract: New infrared spectra are presented for H2S and four other sulfur-containing compounds, all thiols, at 10–140 K to aid in the study of interstellar and solar system ices. Infrared spectral changes on warming H2S and each thiol are described with an emphasis on the S–H stretching vibration at 2550–2525 cm(exp -1) (??=?3.92–3.96 µm) as it is in a relatively unobscured part of the infrared spectra of interstellar and planetary ices. Infrared positions and band strengths for each thiol’s S–H and C…