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Potassium ethyl xanthogenate

96%

Synonym(s):

O-Ethylxanthic acid potassium salt, KEX, Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate, Potassium xanthogenate

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Linear Formula:
C2H5OCSSK
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
160.30
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
205-439-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
3596974
MDL number:
Assay:
96%
Form:
powder
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assay

96%

form

powder

mp

210 °C (dec.) (lit.)

solubility

alcohol: soluble(lit.), water: very soluble(lit.)

SMILES string

[K+].CCOC([S-])=S

InChI

1S/C3H6OS2.K/c1-2-4-3(5)6;/h2H2,1H3,(H,5,6);/q;+1/p-1

InChI key

JCBJVAJGLKENNC-UHFFFAOYSA-M

Application

Potassium ethyl xanthogenate (ethyl potassium xanthogenate) has been used:
  • in synthesis of unsymmetrical sulfides via cross-coupling reaction, using recyclable CuO nanoparticles under ligand-free conditions
  • as surfactant to investigate the adsorption of colloidal dye Disperse Blue 3 onto pretreated polyester fabric
  • in determination of microgram amounts of cadmium in water samples by substoichiometric radiochemical method


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Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Sol. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

target_organs

Respiratory system

supp_hazards

Storage Class

4.2 - Pyrophoric and self-heating hazardous materials

wgk

WGK 3

flash_point_f

204.8 °F

flash_point_c

96 °C

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Regulatory Information

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Konstantin Pikula et al.
Environmental research, 186, 109513-109513 (2020-04-20)
This study reports the differences in toxic action between cadmium sulfide (CdS) and zinc sulfide (ZnS) nanoparticles (NPs) prepared by recently developed xanthate-mediated method. The aquatic toxicity of the synthesized NPs on four marine microalgae species was explored. Growth rate
Yuuhiko Tanabe et al.
Frontiers in microbiology, 9, 1150-1150 (2018-06-21)
Microcystis aeruginosa is a bloom-forming cyanobacterium found in eutrophic water bodies worldwide. M. aeruginosa blooms usually occur in freshwater; however, they have also been reported to occur in brackish water. Because M. aeruginosa often produces the cyanotoxin microcystin, they are
C Rouleau et al.
Pharmacology & toxicology, 74(4-5), 271-279 (1994-04-01)
The effects of humic acids, which are natural metal-complexing compounds, and potassium ethylxanthate, sodium diethyldithiophosphate, sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate, and sodium diethyldithiocarbamate, which are sulphur-containing man-made chelating agents, on the uptake and tissue distribution of 54Mn(II) were studied in brown trout (Salmo



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SKUGTIN
254770-100G04061825998886
254770-500G04061832419046
254770-5G04061825998893