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Carbon disulfide

ReagentPlus®, low benzene, ≥99.9%

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
CS2
CAS Number:
75-15-0
Molecular Weight:
76.14
Beilstein:
1098293
EC Number:
200-843-6
MDL number:
MFCD00011321
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
329754912

vapor density

2.67 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

5.83 psi

product line

ReagentPlus®

Assay

≥99.9%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

212 °F

purified by

glass distillation

expl. lim.

50 %

impurities

<0.05% water
<1 ppm Benzene

evapn. residue

<0.0003%

refractive index

n20/D 1.627 (lit.)

bp

46 °C (lit.)

mp

−112-−111 °C (lit.)

density

1.266 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

S=C=S

InChI

1S/CS2/c2-1-3

InChI key

QGJOPFRUJISHPQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Carbon disulfide can be used as a solvent:
  • To synthesize hydroxynaphthyl ketones via Friedel-Crafts acylation and demethylation.
  • In the regioselective bromination of binaphthols.

Legal Information

ReagentPlus is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 2 - Repr. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT RE 1

Target Organs

Peripheral nervous system,Central nervous system,Cardio-vascular system,Eyes

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(F)

-22.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

-30 °C - closed cup

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Loric Büchler et al.
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Arsonists may use ignitable liquids to start, accelerate and amplify fires. The sampling of volatiles present on the hands of suspected arsonists is therefore sometimes carried out in the course of the investigation of (possible) deliberate fires. Several collection protocols
Huan Liu et al.
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Chemical conditioners are often used to enhance sewage sludge dewaterability through altering sludge properties and flocs structure, both affect odorous compounds emissions not only during sludge conditioning but also in subsequent sludge disposal. This study was to investigate emission characteristics
Continuous direct spinning of fibers of single-walled carbon nanotubes with metallic chirality.
Rajyashree M Sundaram et al.
Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.), 23(43), 5064-5068 (2011-10-11)
Mark B van Eldijk et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49(71), 7770-7772 (2013-06-19)
CS2 hydrolase, a zinc-dependent enzyme that converts carbon disulfide to carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, exists as a mixture of octameric ring and hexadecameric catenane forms in solution. A combination of size exclusion chromatography, multi-angle laser light scattering, and mass
R W Wood
Neurobehavioral toxicology and teratology, 3(4), 397-405 (1981-01-01)
Carbon disulfide is an exceptionally potent neurotoxicant. In industrial settings its effects are pernicious, producing symptoms and behavioral alterations in the absence of frank poisoning; affective disorders are common, and exposure is associated with an elevated incidence of suicide. With
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