Multiple choice

Which of the following is the smallest sulphur-containing heterocycle?

  1. Aziridines

  2. Ethylene oxide

  3. Thiirane

  4. Azirines

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Explanation

Thiirane, more commonly known as ethylene sulphide, is the cyclic chemical compound with the formula C2H4S. It is the smallest suphur-containing heterocycle. Like many organosulphur compounds, this species has a stench. Thiirane is also used to describe any derivative of the parent ethylene sulphide.