Chemistry of sulfur

Orga.nic Chemistry. The organic chemistry of sulfur dioxide, particularly as it relates to food appHcations, has been discussed (246). Although no reaction takes place with saturated hydrocarbons at moderate temperatures, the simultaneous passage of sulfur dioxide and oxygen into an alkane in the presence of a free-radical initiator or ultraviolet light affords a sulfonic acid such as hexanesulfonic acid [13595-73-8]. This is the so-called sulfoxidation reaction (247) ... 

S. Oae, Organic Chemistry of Sulfur Plenum Press, New York, 1977. 

H.G. Heal, The Inorganic Heterocyclic Chemistry of Sulfur, Nitrogen and Phosphorus, Academic Press, London (1980). 

R. P. Sharma and R. D. Vetma, Recent Developments in the Chemistry of Sulfur-Nitrogen Compounds Sulfur-Nitrogen Cyclic Anions, J. Sci. Ind. Res., 40, 34 (1981). 

The ricji oxoacid chemistry of sulfur (pp. 705-21) is not paralleled by the heavier elements of the group. The redox relationships have already been summarized (p. 755). Apart from the dark-brown hydrated monoxide Po(OH)2 , which precipitates when alkali is added to a freshly prepared solution of Po(ll), only compounds in the +4 and +6 oxidation states are known. 

MI1 G. Seitz, in Developments in the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur ... 

Groups. Supplement S The Chemistry of Sulfur-Containing Functional Groups (S. Patai and Z. Rappoport, eds.), p. 659. Wiley, New York, 1993. 

C. M. Suter, The Organic Chemistry of Sulfur, Tetravalent Sulfur Compounds, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1944, 420. 

B. F. Bonini, P. Carisi, G. Maccagnani, G. Mazzanti, P. Zani and G. Gottarelli, Abstracts of Papers, 12th International Symposium on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 29 June-4 July, 1986, p. PA 25 P. Zani, private communication. 

Cf. all the above-cited books on the organic chemistry of sulfur and many others. 

S. Braverman, Plenary Lecture, 11th International Symposium on the Organic Chemistry of Sulfur, Lindau (FRG), 10-14 Sept. 1984 Phosphorus and Sulfur, 23, 297 (1985). 

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