How Do You Deodorize Skunk Spray on Your Dog

One pet owner recently prescribed the following home remedy to eliminate skunk odor Add 1/4 cup of baking soda and 1 teaspoon of liquid detergent to 1 quart of hydrogen peroxide. Soak a rag with the solution and saturate the affected areas, rubbing it in. [1] What valuable chemistry is working to deodorize your dog  

Skunks deter predators by release of a liquid spray containing seven major volatile components classified as thiols (compounds containing the -SH functional group) and acetate derivatives of thiols (characterized by the -SC(0)CH3 functionality). 

In particular, two of the more odiferous components responsible for the strongly repellent odor of the skunk s secretion are 2-butene-1-thiol (Fig. 13.2.1) and 3- 

To deodorize a pet sprayed by a skunk, the noxious compound must be converted to an odorless one. Using an alkaline solution of 3% hydrogen peroxide and sodium bicarbonate, the thiol compound (denoted R-SH) can be oxidized to a disulfide compound, 

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