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Dimethyl sulfoxide: Applications, Reactions & Safety

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is an organosulfur compound with the formula (CH3)2S=O. This colorless liquid is the sulfoxide most widely used commercially[citation needed]. It is an important polar aprotic solvent that dissolves both polar and nonpolar compounds and is miscible in a wide range of organic solvents as well as water. It has a relatively high…

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Dimethyl sulfoxide topic overview

The analysis highlights Applications, Reactions and Safety as prominent areas in the source structure around Dimethyl sulfoxide.

Related topics
174
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
179
Extracted relationships
39
Concept neighborhoods
38
Bridge connections
179

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Applications · 96 topics
Reactions · 33 topics
Safety · 25 topics
Overview · 16 topics
Synthesis and production · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Synthesis and production

Reactions

Applications

Safety

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Dimethyl sulfoxide connects Entity context

The extracted context around Dimethyl sulfoxide shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Dimethyl sulfoxide → Chem, Dimethyl, DMSO, Huang, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Mancuso, Org, Oxidation, Swern, The, Wikisource-logo Another extracted example is Dimethyl sulfoxide → C-B, CO, DMSO, ECW, I2, II, Illustrative, In, Lewis, Related, Rh2Cl2, RuCl2, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Dimethyl sulfoxide

Top relations

related to Explosion hazard · 13
Dimethyl sulfoxide → Chem, Dimethyl, DMSO, Huang, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green, Lock-red-alt-2, Mancuso, Org, Oxidation, Swern, The, Wikisource-logo
related to Ligand and Lewis base · 13
Dimethyl sulfoxide → C-B, CO, DMSO, ECW, I2, II, Illustrative, In, Lewis, Related, Rh2Cl2, RuCl2, The
related to Synthesis and production · 6
Dimethyl sulfoxide → Alexander Zaytsev, Dimethyl, Its, Russian, Stepan Chemical Company, Thor Smedslund
related to External links · 2
Dimethyl sulfoxide → International Chemical Safety Card, Sulfoxide Information Center

Important terminology

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Important terminology

dmso used dimethyl solvent compounds skin sulfoxide chemical also use may sulfur cell citation high sulfide water needed reactions boiling

Dimethyl sulfoxide relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 39 structured relationships around Dimethyl sulfoxide. Examples in this analysis include I2 → instance of → the oxygen-bonded mode is more common.In carbon tetrachloride solutions DMSO functions as a Lewis base with a variety of Lewis acids and Dimethyl sulfoxide → related to Explosion hazard → Dimethyl. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
I2instance ofthe oxygen-bonded mode is more common.In carbon tetrachloride solutions DMSO functions as a Lewis base with a variety of Lewis acids0.80text
phenolsinstance ofthe oxygen-bonded mode is more common.In carbon tetrachloride solutions DMSO functions as a Lewis base with a variety of Lewis acids0.80text
trimethyltin chlorideinstance ofthe oxygen-bonded mode is more common.In carbon tetrachloride solutions DMSO functions as a Lewis base with a variety of Lewis acids0.80text
metalloporphyrinsinstance ofthe oxygen-bonded mode is more common.In carbon tetrachloride solutions DMSO functions as a Lewis base with a variety of Lewis acids0.80text
and the dimer Rh2Cl2instance ofthe oxygen-bonded mode is more common.In carbon tetrachloride solutions DMSO functions as a Lewis base with a variety of Lewis acids0.80text
Dimethyl sulfoxiderelated to Explosion hazardDimethyl0.60section
Dimethyl sulfoxiderelated to Explosion hazardSwern0.60section
Dimethyl sulfoxiderelated to Explosion hazardLock-green0.60section
Dimethyl sulfoxiderelated to Explosion hazardLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Dimethyl sulfoxiderelated to Explosion hazardLock-red-alt-20.60section
Dimethyl sulfoxiderelated to Explosion hazardWikisource-logo0.60section
Dimethyl sulfoxiderelated to Explosion hazardMancuso0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Dimethyl sulfoxide bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Sulfoxide, Sulfide and Formula. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Dimethyl sulfoxide
    • Sulfoxide
    • Sulfide
    • Formula
    • Oxidation
    • Related
    • Citation
    • Also
    • Chemical
    • Electron
    • Safety
    • Medicine
    • Compounds
  • dimethyl sulfoxide
    • Sulfoxide
    • Sulfide
    • Oxidation
    • Related
    • Formula
    • Also
    • Electron
    • Safety
    • Citation
    • Chemical
    • Medicine
    • Compounds
  • dimethyl sulfide
    • Sulfoxide
    • Sulfide
    • Formula
    • Oxidation
    • Related
    • Citation
    • Also
    • Chemical
    • Electron
    • Safety
    • Medicine
    • Compounds
  • dichlorotetrakis(dimethyl sulfoxide)ruthenium(ii)
    • Sulfoxide
    • Sulfide
    • Oxidation
    • Related
    • Formula
    • Also
    • Electron
    • Safety
    • Citation
    • Chemical
    • Medicine
    • Compounds
  • chemical library
    • Reactions
    • Compounds
    • Safety
    • Dimethyl
    • Point
    • Related
    • Solvent
    • Sulfur
    • Water
    • May
    • Sulfoxide
    • Used
  • dimethyl sulfone
    • Sulfoxide
    • Sulfide
    • Formula
    • Oxidation
    • Related
    • Citation
    • Also
    • Chemical
    • Electron
    • Safety
    • Medicine
    • Compounds
  • dimethyl
    • Sulfoxide
    • Sulfide
    • Formula
    • Oxidation
    • Related
    • Citation
    • Also
    • Chemical
    • Electron
    • Safety
    • Medicine
    • Compounds
  • sulfoxide
    • Oxidation
    • Related
    • Also
    • Electron
    • Safety
    • Sulfide
    • Citation
    • Chemical
    • Compounds
    • Boiling
    • Low
    • Medicine

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Dimethyl sulfoxide, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Dimethyl sulfoxide with Applications. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Dimethyl sulfoxideApplications · splits 83 ⟂ 97
Dimethyl sulfoxideReactions · splits 146 ⟂ 34
Dimethyl sulfoxideSafety · splits 154 ⟂ 26
Dimethyl sulfoxideOverview · splits 163 ⟂ 17
Dimethyl sulfoxideSynthesis and production · splits 175 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Dimethyl sulfoxide

Nodes180
Edges179
Triples39
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011111
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Dimethyl sulfoxide to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Applications, Reactions & Safety, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Dimethyl sulfoxide · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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