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noundomain: substance
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an organosulfur compound that contains a carbon-bonded sulfhydryl group.

  • 1.Thiols are used as odorants to assist in the detection of natural gas (which in pure form is odorless), and the "smell of natural gas" is due to the smell of the thiol used as the odorant.

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