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Identification

Chemical structure
Display Name:
Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
EC Number:
205-439-3
EC Name:
Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
CAS Number:
140-89-6
Molecular formula:
C3H6OS2.K
IUPAC Name:
potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate

Type of Substance

Composition:
mono-constituent substance
Origin:
organic

Substance Identifiers open all close all

  • Carbonodithioic acid, o-ethyl ester, potassium salt
  • PEX
  • Potassium ethyl xanthate
  • potassium ethylxanthogenate
  • potassium-O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
  • Compositions

    Boundary Composition(s) open all close all

    State Form:
    solid: bulk


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
    EC Number:
    205-439-3
    EC Name:
    Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
    CAS Number:
    140-89-6
    Molecular formula:
    C3H6OS2.K
    IUPAC Name:
    potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate

    Legal Entity Composition(s) open all close all

    State Form:
    solid: bulk
    Degree of purity:
    > 90 % (w/w)


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
    EC Number:
    205-439-3
    EC Name:
    Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
    CAS Number:
    140-89-6
    Molecular formula:
    C3H6OS2.K
    IUPAC Name:
    potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
    Impurity 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Potassium hydroxide
    EC Number:
    215-181-3
    EC Name:
    Potassium hydroxide
    CAS Number:
    1310-58-3
    Molecular formula:
    HKO
    IUPAC Name:
    potassium hydroxide
    Impurity 2
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Carbon disulphide
    EC Number:
    200-843-6
    EC Name:
    Carbon disulphide
    CAS Number:
    75-15-0
    Molecular formula:
    CS2
    IUPAC Name:
    dithioxomethane
    Impurity 3
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Ethanol
    EC Number:
    200-578-6
    EC Name:
    Ethanol
    CAS Number:
    64-17-5
    Molecular formula:
    C2H6O
    IUPAC Name:
    ethanol
    Impurity 4
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Potassium carbonate
    EC Number:
    209-529-3
    EC Name:
    Potassium carbonate
    CAS Number:
    584-08-7
    Molecular formula:
    CH2O3.2K
    IUPAC Name:
    dipotassium carbonate
    State Form:
    solid: bulk


    Constituent 1
    Chemical structure
    Reference substance name:
    Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
    EC Number:
    205-439-3
    EC Name:
    Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
    CAS Number:
    140-89-6
    Molecular formula:
    C3H6OS2.K
    IUPAC Name:
    potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate

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