Molar mass

Molar mass, exact mass and elemental composition for any formula, compound or SMILES, with the isotope pattern, HRMS adducts and an elemental analysis check.

Formula or compound

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Hydrates with · or *, charges as Fe3+ or SO4{2-}, labelled atoms as [13C] or D.

Molar mass

C5H3ClO2S

Molecular formula

Molar mass162.59g/mol
Monoisotopic mass161.9542Da
Nominal mass162Da
Rings plus double bonds
4
Details
Monoisotopic mass
161.954228 Da
Average mass, unrounded
162.587000 g/molShown above to 2 decimals, the precision of the least precise standard atomic weight in the formula.
Mass defect
−0.0458 Da
Atoms
12

Isotope pattern

M · C5H3ClO2S · most intense peak 161.9542

0255075100162163164165166167168161.9542100%163.951237%162.95716.31%164.95422.29%165.94821.65%%mass (Da)
IonFormulam/z
C5H3ClO2S 161.9542
C5H4ClO2S+ 162.9615
C5H3ClNaO2S+ 184.9434
C5H3ClKO2S+ 200.9174
C5H7ClNO2S+ 179.9881
C5H5ClO2S2+ 81.9844
C5H3ClO2S+ 161.9537
C5H2ClO2S− 160.9470
C5H3Cl2O2S− 196.9236
Peak list
Mass (Da)Relative intensityAbundance
161.95423100.00 %67.8414 %
162.957116.31 %4.2795 %
163.9512537.05 %25.1336 %
164.954172.29 %1.5559 %
165.948201.65 %1.1207 %
166.951380.090 %0.0608 %
167.950570.011 %0.0078 %

Elemental composition

ElementAtomsMass (g/mol)Mass %
C Carbon560.05536.94
H Hydrogen33.0241.86
Cl Chlorine135.45021.80
O Oxygen231.99819.68
S Sulfur132.06019.72

Elemental analysis

ElementCalcd (%)Found (%)Δ
C36.94——
H1.86——
S19.72——
Anal. Calcd for C5H3ClO2S: C, 36.94; H, 1.86; S, 19.72.
How the masses are calculated

The molar mass sums the IUPAC standard atomic weights, using the conventional value for elements whose weight is given as an interval (hydrogen 1.008, carbon 12.011, sulfur 32.06). It is shown to the number of decimals of the least precise atomic weight in the formula, so CuSO4·5H2O gets two decimals because of sulfur; the unrounded value is under Details.

The monoisotopic mass uses the mass of the most abundant isotope of every element, the nominal mass its mass number. Labelled atoms, written [13C], D or T, count with their own nuclide mass and are taken as fully enriched. For an ion, one electron mass, 0.000 548 579 909 u, is subtracted per positive charge and added per negative charge.

How the isotope pattern is computed

Every element's natural isotope distribution is raised to its atom count by repeated squaring, and the element distributions are then convolved with each other. In centroid mode the isotopologues are grouped by nominal mass and each group is reported at its intensity-weighted mean m/z, which is what a mass spectrometer at ordinary resolution shows; this is exact apart from dropping contributions below 10−12 of the largest. Fine structure keeps isotopologues apart, merges those closer than 0.1 mDa and drops those below 10−8 of the largest, which resolves, for example, 34S from 13C2.

Adduct m/z values follow m/z = (M + adduct − z·me) / |z|. The copy button gives the line in the form the ACS journals print, for example “[M + H]+ Calcd for C8H11N4O2 195.0877”. The ACS guidelines ask that found and calculated m/z agree within 0.003 m/z units, the limit the found m/z check uses.

Elemental analysis

Calculated percentages are mass fractions from the standard atomic weights. Journals ask for found values within ±0.4 % (absolute) of the calculated ones. If a sample holds solvent, enter it as a solvate, for example 0.5 × H2O, and the calculated values are for C8H10N4O2·0.5H2O.

Sources

Standard atomic weights: IUPAC Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights, “Standard atomic weights of the elements 2021”, Pure Appl. Chem. 94, 573 (2022). Isotope masses and natural abundances: NIST, Atomic Weights and Isotopic Compositions for All Elements (Standard Reference Database 144). Electron mass: CODATA 2018, Rev. Mod. Phys. 93, 025010 (2021). Reporting criteria: ACS Author Guidelines for The Journal of Organic Chemistry and Organic Letters.