Potassium ethyl xanthate

C3H5KOS2CAS 140-89-6160.29 g/mol

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Thiol

Properties

Molecular formula
C3H5KOS2
Molar mass
160.29 g/mol
Exact mass
159.9419 Da
Melting point
210 °C (decomposes)
logP
0.86Crippen estimate
Polar surface area
9.2 Ų
H-bond donors / acceptors
1 / 2
Rotatable bonds
1

Hazards

No GHS classification is on file for this compound. That is not evidence that it is harmless.

Identifiers

CAS number
140-89-6
SMILES
CCOC([S-])=S.[K+]
InChI

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Names and synonyms

23 names · show all
  • Carbonodithioic acid, O-ethyl ester, potassium salt (1:1)
  • Carbonic acid, dithio-, O-ethyl ester, potassium salt
  • Carbonodithioic acid, O-ethyl ester, potassium salt
  • Z 3
  • Ethylxanthic acid potassium salt
  • Potassium ethylxanthate
  • Potassium ethylxanthogenate
  • Ethyl potassium xanthogenate
  • Potassium O-ethyl dithiocarbonate
  • Potassium xanthogenate
  • Ethyl potassium xanthate
  • Potassium xanthate
  • Z 3 (Pesticide)
  • O-Ethyl potassium dithiocarbonate
  • (O-Ethyl dithiocarbonato)potassium
  • O-Ethyl dithiocarbonate potassium salt
  • Potassium O-ethyl carbonodithioate
  • KEX
  • Dithiocarbonic acid O-ethyl ester potassium salt
  • BKs
  • BKs (flotation agent)
  • Ethoxymethanedithioic acid potassium
  • Ethoxy(potassiosulfanyl)methanethione

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Stereoisomers, salts and isotopologues

The same compound in another form: other stereochemistry, a salt or hydrate, the free acid or base, or an isotope-labelled version.

Similar compounds

Tanimoto similarity of circular fingerprints over the whole catalogue.

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