Carbon disulfide oxidation

Hot surfaces and electric sparks are potential ignition sources for carbon disulfide. The ignition temperature depends on specific conditions, and values from 90 to 120°C in air have been reported (2,22). Data on carbon disulfide oxidation and combustion have been summarized (18). Oxidation products ate generally sulfur dioxide [7446-09-5] and carbon dioxide [124-58-9J ... 

If sulfur is present, another iadustrially important compound results, 2-mercaptoben2othia2ole (2-ben2othia2olethiol [149-30-4]). Carbonyl sulfide is a coproduct of many carbon disulfide oxidation reactions. Some examples are... 

Carbon disulfide oxidizes in the troposphere producing caiboityl sulfide. The atmospheric half-lives for carbon disulfide and carbonyl sulfide were estimated to be approximately 2 years and 13 days, respectively (Khalil and Rasmussen, 1984). 

Chemistry of Gas Phase Organic S-Centered Radicals 2.3.1 Carbon disulfide oxidation mechanism... 

When a dilute solution of 6 phenylhexanoyl chloride in carbon disulfide was slowly added (over a period of eight days ) to a suspension of aluminum chloride in the same solvent it yielded a product A (C12H14O) in 67% yield Oxidation of A gave benzene 1 2 dicarboxyhc acid... 

The various fumigants often exhibit considerable specificity toward insect pests, as shown in Table 8. The proper choice for any control operation is determined not only by the effectiveness of the gas but by cost safety to humans, animals, and plants flammabdity penetratabdity effect on seed germination and reactivity with furnishings. The fumigants may be used individually or in combination. Carbon tetrachloride has been incorporated with carbon disulfide, ethylene dichloride, or ethylene dibromide to decrease flammability, and carbon dioxide is used with ethylene oxide for the same purpose. 

Phosphorothioates. All three synthetic approaches appHcable to unmodified oligonucleotides can be adapted for synthesis of phosphorothioates (11) (33,46). If all of the phosphodiester linkages in an oligonucleotide are to be replaced with phosphorothioates, the ff-phosphonate method for coupling, followed by oxidation with Sg in carbon disulfide and triethylamine in the final step, is the most straightforward method. 

Sulfur, another inorganic petrochemical, is obtained by the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide 2H2S + O2 — 2H2 0 + 2S. Hydrogen sulfide is a constituent of natural gas and also of the majority of refinery gas streams, especially those off-gases from hydrodesulfurization processes. A majority of the sulfur is converted to sulfuric acid for the manufacture of fertilizers and other chemicals. Other uses for sulfur include the production of carbon disulfide, refined sulfur, and pulp and paper industry chemicals. 

Similarly, carbon disulfide and propylene oxide reactions are cataly2ed by magnesium oxide to yield episulftdes (54), and by derivatives of diethyUiac to yield low molecular weight copolymers (55). Use of tertiary amines as catalysts under pressure produces propylene trithiocarbonate (56). 

Xanthates. These compounds (12) are relatively fast accelerators which are used at low temperature because most examples decompose without cross-linking at higher temperature. Xanthates (qv) are produced by reaction of equimolar amounts of alcohol and carbon disulfide in the presence of caustic. The sodium salt is then converted to the 2inc compound or oxidized to the disulfide. 

Quantitatively, sulfur in a free or combined state is generally determined by oxidizing it to a soluble sulfate, by fusion with an alkaH carbonate if necessary, and precipitating it as insoluble barium sulfate. Oxidation can be effected with such agents as concentrated or fuming nitric acid, bromine, sodium peroxide, potassium nitrate, or potassium chlorate. Free sulfur is normally determined by solution in carbon disulfide, the latter being distilled from the extract. This method is not useful if the sample contains polymeric sulfur. 

Sulfur reacts with alkanes to either dehydrate (eq. 1), oxidize, forming carbon disulfide and hydrogen sulfide (eq. 2), or cyclize, forming thiophenes (eq. 3). The products of alkane sulfurization depend on the temperature, the time at the temperature, and the stmcture of the hydrocarbon (1). 

Tungsten pentachlofide [13470-13-8], WCl, mp 243°C, bp 275.6°C, is a black, crystalline, deHquescent soHd. It is only slightly soluble in carbon disulfide and decomposes in water to the blue oxide, 200 2. Magnetic properties suggest that tungsten pentachlofide may contain trinuclear clusters in the soHd state, but this stmcture has not been defined. Tungsten pentachlofide may be prepared by the reduction of the hexachloride with red phosphoms (9). 

ZrSe [12166-53-9] and ZrTe [39294-10-5] (138). Zirconium disulfide [12039-15-5] is made from the elemental powders and by the action of carbon disulfide on zirconium oxide above 1200°C (139) some ZrOS [12164-95-3] is usually also obtained. The higher sulfides disproportionate at ca 700°C synthesis reactions at 900—1000°C with S Zr ratios between 0.2 and 2.3 produced crystals that were identified as Zr S2 [12595-12-9] ... 

Thermodynamic calculations for reactions forming carbon disulfide from the elements are compHcated by the existence of several known molecular species of sulfur vapor (23,24). Thermochemical data have been reported (12). Although carbon disulfide is thermodynamically unstable at room temperature, the equiHbtium constant of formation increases with temperature and reaches a maximum corresponding to 91% conversion to carbon disulfide at about 700°C. Carbon disulfide decomposes extremely slowly at room temperature in the absence of oxidizing agents. 

Extensive research has been conducted on catalysts that promote the methane—sulfur reaction to carbon disulfide. Data are pubhshed for sihca gel (49), alurnina-based materials (50—59), magnesia (60,61), charcoal (62), various metal compounds (63,64), and metal salts, oxides, or sulfides (65—71). Eor a sihca gel catalyst the rate constant for temperatures of 500—700°C and various space velocities is (72)... 

Ethylene Cyanohydrin. This cyanohydrin, also known as hydracrylonitnle or glycocyanohydrin [109-78-4] is a straw-colored Hquid miscible with water, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and ethanol, and is insoluble in benzene, carbon disulfide, and carbon tetrachloride. Ethylene cyanohydrin differs from the other cyanohydrins discussed here in that it is a P-cyanohydrin. It is formed by the reaction of ethylene oxide with hydrogen cyanide. 

Carbon disulfide reacts with ethylene oxide to give ethylene trithiocarbonate (90), and isocyanates yield derivatives of 2-oxazohdinone (91). 

Applications that have been tested with good results are cases where nitrous oxide has been the air contaminant of current interest or used as a tracer gas. Other applications have been carbon disulfide in a rayon factory and styrene vapor, one of the volatile components from a surface-coating material. 

Hazard code Larger letter size indicates greater hazard. For example, high hazard materials (R) include phosgene, carbon disulfide, ethylene oxide, etc. Moderate hazard materials (E) include toluene, sulfuric acid, etc. Low hazard materials (J) include soda ash, alum, etc. 

Amine A-oxides 56 were reduced to amines by carbon disulfide (62CPB969). Tire proposed mechanism involved the formation of amines and dithiiranone (57) from the initial adducts 58 the latter is finally hydrolyzed to CO2 and H2S2 (82BCJ3000). 

Disulfiram may be made by the reaction of diethyl amine with carbon disulfide in the presence of sodium hydroxide. The (CjHjljNCSSNa intermediate is oxidatively coupled using hydrogen peroxide to give disulfiram. 

Due to the presence of hydrocarbons in the gas feed to the burner section, some undesirable reactions occur, such as the formation of carbon disulfide (CS2) and carbonyl sulfide (COS). A good catalyst has a high activity toward H2S conversion to sulfur and a reconversion of COS and CS2 to sulfur and carbon oxides. Mercaptans in the acid gas feed results in an increase in the air demand. For example, approximately 5-13% increase in the air required is anticipated if about 2 mol% mercaptans are present. The increase in the air requirement is essentially a function of the type of mercaptans present. The oxidation of mercaptans could be represented as ... 

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