Sulfur elemental, conversion

Both XIV and XV are highly reactive and neither can be isolated from the reaction mixture in the absence of F,t2NH however, upon reaction with elemental sulfur, conversion to the phosphorus sulfide analogs (XVI and XVII) occurs. The latter are crystalline solids stable indefinitely at 25°C in the absence of Et2NH. 

As worldwide attention has been focused on the dangers of acid rain, the demand to reduce sulfur dioxide [7446-09-5] emissions has risen. Several processes have been developed to remove and recover sulfur dioxide. Sulfur can be recovered from sulfur dioxide as Hquid sulfur dioxide, sulfuric acid, or elemental sulfur. As for the case of hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide removal processes are categorized as adsorption, absorption, or conversion processes. 

Conversion Processes. A number of options exist for handling concentrated sulfur dioxide streams. One option is the sale of a Hquid sulfur dioxide product. Alternatively, the sulfur dioxide can be converted to elemental sulfur or to sulfuric acid. 

Disposal of the spent caustic solution can be a troublesome environmental problem. Depending on the plant location, acid gases are either sent to a fired heater or treated in a Claus unit for conversion of hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur. 

By-product processing Hydrogen sulfide Conversion to elemental sulfur or sulfuric acid by liquid absorption, wet oxidation to elemental sulfur, combustion to SO2... 

Direct conversion processes use chemical reactions to oxidize H2S and produce elemental sulfur. These processes are generally based either on the reaction of H2S and O2 or H2S and SO2. Both reactions yield water and elemental sulfur. These processes are licensed and involve specialized catalysts and/or solvents. A direct conversion process can be ii.scd directly on the produced gas stream. Where large flow rates are encoLui tered. ii is more common to contact the produced gas stream with a chemical or physical solvent and use a direct conversion proce.ss on the acid cas liberated in the regeneration step. 

Ultimately, pollution can only be avoided by complete removal of SO2 from the effluent gases, but this council of perfection is both technologically and economically unattainable. Many processes are available to reduce the SO2 concentration to very low figures, but the vast scale of power generation and domestic heating by coal and oil still results in substantial emission. SO2 can be removed by scrubbing with a slurry of milk of lime , CafOH) . Alternatively, partial reduction to H2S using natural gas (CH4), naphtlia or coal, followed by catalytic conversion to elemental sulfur by the Claus process can be used ... 

Tile following photochemical conversions also involve 1,2-dithietes as intermediates whose chemical trapping was reported in most cases. Tlie formation of the dithiin 249 from 250 may best be explained by the formation of the dithiete dimer 251 and the loss of S2 (73ZC424).Tlie formation of 252 and 253 from 254 (78NJC331) should be compared with the sulfuration of the acetylene 182 with elemental sulfur (93BCJ623).Tlie photolysis of 255 provides a rare example when the ejection of a nitrile was employed for the generation of a 1,2-dithiete (73ZC431). 

VOx supported on TiOi showed good catalytic activity in the selective oxidation of H2S to ammonium thiosulfate and elemental sulfur. V0x/Ti02 catalysts prepared by the precipitation-deposition method can achieve higher vanadium dispersions, and higher H2S conversions compared to those prepared by the impregnation method. 

Figure 1. Conversion of FijS and selectivity of elemental sulfur on various metal oxides at 275 °C...

Figure 5. Conversion of H2S and Selectivity of elemental sulfur for the various O2/H2S.

Standard processing combines sorption in alkaline solution, regeneration of the solvent with concurrent release of high-concentration H2S, and finally conversion of the H2S to elemental sulfur through the Claus reaction scheme ... 

Determination of the level of total sulfur in a rubber can give information on the type of cure system used, for example, elemental sulfur plus accelerator or sulfur donor system, etc. The ISO 6528-1 1992 method — Rubber — Determination of total sulfur content — Part 1 Oxygen combustion flask method is often employed. The principle of the method is oxidation by ignition in an atmosphere of oxygen in the presence of hydrogen peroxide, conversion of sulfur to sulfuric acid and determination of the sulfate by titration with barium perchlorate. The method is... 

Phenothiazines are well-known as intermediates for pharmaceuticals, and are also active as insecticides and antioxidants. These compounds are usually prepared by the thiation of diphenylamines with elemental sulfur. In this context, the group of Toma has elaborated a synthesis of 3-phthalimidophenothiazine, as shown in Scheme 6.265 [455]. Using a variety of high-boiling solvents under conventional thermal reflux conditions, low isolated yields of the desired product were obtained. The highest conversion and isolated product yield (55%) was achieved by microwave irradiation of a mixture of the starting N-(4-phenylaminophenyl)phthalimide with... 

Iron Sponge Also called Dry box. An obsolete process for removing hydrogen sulfide from gas streams by reaction with iron oxide monohydrate. The ferric sulfide that is formed is periodically re-oxidized to regenerate ferric oxide and elemental sulfur. When this process becomes inefficient because of pore-blockage, the sulfur is either oxidized to sulfur dioxide for conversion to sulfuric acid, or is extracted with carbon disulfide. 

The presence of elemental sulfur in the urine is quite surprising. Until more information has been obtained, it is speculated that sulfur could possibly be a cheetah pheromone. There could, however, also be another reason for the presence of sulfur in the animal s urine and the almost total absence of organosulfur compounds. Although the cheetah can reach speeds of more than 110 km per hour in short bursts, it is not very powerful and cannot defend itself against the lion and hyena. The conversion of organosulfur compounds to elemental sulfur could therefore be a mechanism to avoid detection by stronger predators. 

Although these equations held true for some strains of bacteria under some growth conditions, they did not help explain the commonly observed quantitative conversion of both sulfur atoms of thiosulfate to sulfate, rather than the liberation of the sulfane-sulfur mainly as elemental sulfur. During the 1960s, cyclic reactions of polythionates and other polysulfur compounds continued to be postulated as mechanisms for thiosulfate and polythionate metabolism (Trudinger 1967), but none of these was supported at the time by strong biochemical evidence. The time was opportune for a new approach to the problem of thiosulfate oxidation in thiobacilli. 

The first stage of the synthesis involves the interaction of a nitro compound with sodium sulfide. When used alone, sodium sulfide is only slightly effective The reactions proceed slowly and the yields of mercaptanes are small. If elemental sulfur is added, the conversion accelerates markedly and the yield increases to 75-80%. The promoting effect of elemental sulfur can be easily explained by the radical-chain mechanism. The reaction starts with one-electron transfer from the nucleophile to the nitro compound further conversions resemble other chain ion-radical substitutions. 

Irradiation of sulfur by various means yields discoloration of elemental sulfur, but it is doubtful that these forms will ever lead to pure allotropes. Above 92°C, a-sulfur converts into monoclinic sulfur. The kinetics of the transformation depend on various factors. Thermal analysis of single crystals of a-sulfur shows that the conversion is so slow that a-sulfur can be heated to 112°C, where it melts, before j8-sulfur is formed (19). 

Both of these processes direct the SO2 absorbed from the FCCU flue gas to the refinery SRU, where it is converted to elemental sulfur and added to the marketable sulfur that is generated by the SRU from H2S. Alternately, the SO2 can be converted to sulfuric acid in a dedicated sulfuric acid plant, or in combination with an existing refinery spent acid regeneration unit. When the SO2 is directed to the SRU, 1 ton of SO2 captured in the scrubber is converted to 0.5 tons of marketable elemental sulfur and less than 0.1 ton of sodium sulfate waste is generated per ton of SO2 absorbed. In an acid plant, 1 ton of SO2 generates 1.5 tons of 98% sulfuric acid. Steam is also generated from the conversion of SO2 in both the SRU and the acid plant, which moderates somewhat the steam consumption rate of the solvent regenerator for both the LABSORB and CANSOLV systems. 

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