Potassium ethyl xanthate

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Potassium ethyl xanthate
Potassium ethyl xanthate.png
Ball-and-stick model of the component ions of potassium ethyl xanthate
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
Potassium O-ethylcarbonodithioate
Other names
Potassium ethylxanthogenate
Potassium-O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
Identifiers
  • 140-89-6 checkY
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
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EC Number
  • 205-439-3
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C3H6OS2.K/c1-2-4-3(5)6;/h2H2,1H3,(H,5,6);/q;+1/p-1 checkY
    Key: JCBJVAJGLKENNC-UHFFFAOYSA-M checkY
  • InChI=1S/C3H6OS2.K/c1-2-4-3(5)6;/h2H2,1H3,(H,5,6);/q;+1/p-1
  • [K+].[S-]C(=S)OCC
Properties
C3H5KOS2
Molar mass 160.29 g·mol−1
Appearance Pale yellow powder
Density 1.263 g/cm3[1]
Melting point 225 to 226 °C (437 to 439 °F; 498 to 499 K)
Boiling point decomposes
Acidity (pKa) approximately 1.6
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS02: FlammableGHS07: Exclamation mark
Signal word
 Warning
H228, H302, H315, H319, H332, H335
P210, P240, P241, P261, P264, P270, P271, P280, P301+P312, P302+P352, P304+P312, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P312, P321, P330, P332+P313, P337+P313, P362, P370+P378, P403+P233, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Infobox references

Potassium ethyl xanthate (KEX) is an organosulfur compound with the chemical formula CH3CH2OCS2K. It is a pale yellow powder that is used in the mining industry for the separation of ores. Unlike the related sodium ethyl xanthate, the potassium salt exists as an anhydrous salt.

Production and properties[]

Xanthate salts are prepared by the action of alkoxides on carbon disulfide. The alkoxide is often generated in situ from potassium hydroxide:[2]

CH3CH2OH + CS2 + KOH → CH3CH2OCS2K + H2O

Potassium ethyl xanthate is a pale yellow powder that is stable at high pH but rapidly hydrolyses at pH <9 at 25 °C. Unlike the sodium derivative, potassium xanthate crystallizes as the anhydrous salt and is non-hygroscopic.

Applications[]

Potassium ethyl xanthate is used in the mining industry as flotation agent for extraction of the ores of copper, nickel, and silver.[3] The method exploits the affinity of these "soft" metals for the organosulfur ligand.

Potassium xanthate is a useful reagent for preparing xanthate esters from alkyl and aryl halides. The resulting xanthate esters are useful intermediates in organic synthesis.[4]

Safety[]

The is 103 mg/kg (oral, rats) for potassium ethyl xanthate.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Report 5 (1995) p. 5
  2. ^ This report gives a detailed recipe for potassium ethyl xanthate: Charles C. Price, Gardner W. Stacy (1948). "p-Nitrophenyl) Sulfide". Organic Syntheses. 28: 82. doi:10.15227/orgsyn.028.0082.
  3. ^ a b Kathrin-Maria Roy (2005). "Xanthates". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a28_423. ISBN 3527306730.
  4. ^ One of several procedures using xanthate esters: Fabien Gagosz and Samir Z. Zard (1948). "A Xanthate-Transfer Approach to α-Trifluoromethylamines". Organic Syntheses. 84: 32.; Collective Volume, 11, p. 212
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