Question

What are the oxidation states of carbon and sulfur in `"dimethyl sulfide"`?

Answer 1

Well the Pauling electronegativity of `S` is `2.58`....

Explanation:

And the Pauling electronegativity of `C` is `2.55`....

And so we gots....`S^(2-)` and `2xx""^+CH_3`, i.e. `S(-II)`...and we also got `C(-II)`.