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Sulfur dioxide

≥99.9%

Synonym(s):

Sulfurous anhydride, Sulfurous oxide, Sulphur dioxide

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Linear Formula:
SO2
CAS Number:
7446-09-5
Molecular Weight:
64.06
Beilstein:
3535237
EC Number:
231-195-2
MDL number:
MFCD00011450
UNSPSC Code:
12142100
PubChem Substance ID:
24857804
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

2.26 (21 °C, vs air)

vapor pressure

1779 mmHg ( 21 °C)

Assay

≥99.9%

bp

−10 °C (lit.)

mp

−73 °C (lit.)

density

1.25 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

O=S=O

InChI

1S/O2S/c1-3-2

InChI key

RAHZWNYVWXNFOC-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Sulfur dioxide is primarily used as a feedstock for the production of sulfuric acid (contact process). It is generally used in the synthesis of a variety of sulfur-containing organic compounds like alkyl/aryl sulfonyl chlorides, sulfinates, sultines, and polysulfone.

Packaging

Supplied in a carbon steel lecture bottle with a CGA180M/CGA110F needle valve installed.

Compatible with the following:
  • Aldrich® lecture-bottle station systems
  • Aldrich® lecture-bottle gas regulators

Other Notes

See Technical Information Bulletin AL-151 Gas Regulators: Selection, Installation, and Operation

Legal Information

Aldrich is a registered trademark of Sigma-Aldrich Co. LLC

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H280,H314,H331

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 3 Inhalation - Eye Dam. 1 - Press. Gas Liquefied gas - Skin Corr. 1B

Storage Class Code

2A - Gases

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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The development and application of sulfur dioxide surrogates in synthetic organic chemistry.
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Yuan-Qiang Sun et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 49(26), 2637-2639 (2013-02-26)
A coumarin-hemicyanine dye was reported for ratiometric fluorescent detection of SO2 derivatives HSO3(-) and SO3(2-) based on a novel addition-rearrangement cascade reaction.
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Science (New York, N.Y.), 340(6133), 727-730 (2013-05-11)
Global sulfate production plays a key role in aerosol radiative forcing; more than half of this production occurs in clouds. We found that sulfur dioxide oxidation catalyzed by natural transition metal ions is the dominant in-cloud oxidation pathway. The pathway
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