Questions tagged [organosulfur-compounds]
For questions about organosulfur compounds, i.e. organic compounds that contain sulfur. These include, but are not limited to, thioesters, thioureas, xanthates, thioacetals, sulfoxides, sulfones, sulfolanes, sulfonic acids, sulfinic acids, disulfides.
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Is sulphonamide group prone to undergo diazotization?
I wonder if it is not a problem that there is another $\ce{-NH2}$ group in the molecule not connected to aromatic ring and if it can get protonated and react with $\ce{HNO2}$ too, in this case the one ...
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Does cinnabar react with iodine?
Does cinnabar react with bromine and iodine to form elemental sulphur? This reaction was described in "Explorations in the history of science and technology in China" but I have doubts...
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phenolsulphonic acid
Phenolsulfonic Acid( PSA) is produced after sulphonation of Phenol at around 100 degrees. They use this product in tinplating.
Once a stable PSA is formed after sufficient reaction , unreacted ...
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Will a titanium piercing tarnish if submerged in sulfur water (hot spring)?
I have tried to research whether titanium piercings will tarnish if one submerges in sulfur hot springs. Will titanium piercings react to the sulfur water?
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What is the density of sodium trimethylsilylpropanesulfonate (DSS)?
I tried to look for the density of sodium trimethylsilylpropanesulfonate (DSS) online but could not find anything. Perhaps someone here measured it/knows where it may be found?
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Chemical composition of silver tarnish
I had taken as a given that silver tarnish is a layer of silver sulfide on the surface of a utensil, and that cleaning it using a thiourea based agent like Tarn-X dissolves the sulfide layer.
However,...
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How to experimentally determine the elemental composition in fingernails?
I am doing a project in my highschool about analysing C/N and C/S ratio of finger nails of various ages and sexes.
Please suggest me a way to do this. I don't know where to start, I know the various ...
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A question about thiamine [closed]
How does the the nitrogen of thiazole in thiamine acquire a positive charge without being stabilized by another negative charge or by being a salt of an anion?
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Acidity of 2-sulfopropanedioic acid in water
Sulfuric acid is a strong acid ($\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{a}$ value below that of $\ce{H3O+}$: completely dissociated in water) at its first deprotonation, but is a weak acid ($\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{a}$ ...
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What should be the name of the given compound?
Following compound is named as
(1) 6-Mercaptocyclohex-4-ene-1,3-diol
(2) 1-Mercaptocyclohex-2-ene-4,6-diol
(3) 1-Mercaptocyclohex-5-ene-2,4-diol
(4) 4-Mercaptocyclohex-2-ene-1,5-diol
As per my ...
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What should be IUPAC name of given compound (see image)? [closed]
I think the name should be 1-carbamoylpentane-3-sulphonic acid, but the answer sheet mentions it as 2-carbamoylpentane-3-sulphonic acid:
Can anyone please explain why the chain starting with methyl ...
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If heavy metals bind to sulfur why isn't sulfur used as a safer way to chelate them? [closed]
I was wondering about sulfur as an alternative life-threatening chelators. Why isn't sulfur used as a chelator if heavy metals have an affinity for it?
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Reaction mechanism of thiol to disulfide oxidation under basic conditions?
I have been looking everywhere for an explanation to a reaction mechanism concerning the oxidation of DTT (or just thiols to disulfides in general) using oxygen as the oxidant. I'm aware that ...
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Combustion and pyrolysis of sulfides and organosulfurs
Last week there was a huge fire in french chemical factory Lubrizol, we now know the main products that burnt, to simplify the discussion I extracted a few compounds:
isobutyl and isobutene ...
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How to remove stain from pavement after having dropped sulfuric acid on it?
I had this car battery that flipped in my car trunk.
When I got it out of there it spilled some acid on the pavement. It's a sulfuric acid battery. I added some baking soda on it and poured some more ...
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