Potassium hydrosulfide
Potassium hydrosulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula KHS. This colourless salt consists of the cation K+ and the bisulfide anion [SH]−. It is the product of the half-neutralization of hydrogen sulfide with potassium hydroxide. The compound is used in the synthesis of some organosulfur compounds.[2] It is prepared by neutralizing aqueous KOH with H2S.[3] Aqueous solutions of potassium sulfide consist of a mixture of potassium hydrosulfide and potassium hydroxide.
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Potassium hydrosulfide | |
| Other names
Potassium bisulfide, Potassium sulfhydrate, potassium hydrogen sulfide | |
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| Molar mass | 72.171 g/mol |
| Appearance | white solid |
| Density | 1.68–1.70 g/cm3 |
| Melting point | 455 °C (851 °F; 728 K) |
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Flammable solid, stench, releases hydrogen sulfide |
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Other anions |
Potassium hydroxide |
Other cations |
Sodium hydrosulfide |
Related compounds |
potassium sulfide |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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The structure of the potassium hydrosulfide resembles that for potassium chloride. Their structure is however complicated by the non-spherical symmetry of the SH− anions, but these tumble rapidly in the solid at high temperatures.[4]
Addition of sulfur gives dipotassium pentasulfide.
Synthesis
Potassium hydrosulfide is synthesized by the reaction between a solution of potassium sulfide with excess hydrogen sulfide.
References
- Lide, David R., ed. (2009). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (90th ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. 4-82. ISBN 978-1-4200-9084-0.
- Dittmer, Donald C. (2001). "Potassium Hydrogen Sulfide". In Paquette, L. (ed.). Encyclopedia of Reagents for Organic Synthesis. J. Wiley & Sons, New York. doi:10.1002/047084289X.rp227. ISBN 0471936235.
- Kurzer, F.; Lawson, A. (1962). "Thiobenzoylthioglycolic Acid". Organic Syntheses. 42: 100. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.042.0100.; Collective Volume, vol. 5, 1973, p. 1046
- Haarmann, F; Jacobs, H.; Roessler, E.; Senker, J. (2002). "Dynamics of Anions and Cations in Hydrogensulfides of Alkali Metals (NaHS, KHS, RbHS): A Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study". Journal of Chemical Physics. 117 (3): 1269–1276. Bibcode:2002JChPh.117.1269H. doi:10.1063/1.1483860.

