The composition of mustard gas made by the levinstein process

✍ Scribed by Kinnear, A. M. ;Harley-Mason, J.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1948
• Weight: 476 KB
• Volume: 67
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0368-4075
• DOI: 10.1002/jctb.5000670308

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The composition of a sample of Levinstein mustard gas has been investigated with the object of ascertaining the nature of the excess sulphur. The by‐products consist mainly of ft9'‐dichloro‐dicthyl trisulphide, ββ′‐dichlorodiethyl disulphide and a labile polysulphidc derived from ββ′‐dichlorodiethyl trisulphide and sulphur. The di‐ and trisulphides have been isolated in the pure state from the sample and identified with these compounds prepared synthetically. Some derivatives of these bodies have been prepared. The relation of the chemistry of the labile polysulphide to that of the Thiokol rubbers and the Thiuram polysulphides is discussed.