• Name

  AMYLXANTHIC ACID POTASSIUM SALT

• EINECS 220-329-5
• CAS No. 2720-73-2
• Article Data5
• CAS DataBase
• Density 1.22
• Solubility very faint turbidity
• Melting Point 19.5~21.5℃
• Formula C₆H₁₁OS₂K
• Boiling Point 190.7 °C at 760 mmHg
• Molecular Weight 202.383
• Flash Point 69.1 °C
• Transport Information
• Appearance Yellow or yellowish powder or pellet
• Safety
• Risk Codes
• Molecular Structure
• Hazard Symbols
• Synonyms Carbonicacid, dithio-, O-pentyl ester, potassium salt (8CI);Carbonodithioic acid,O-pentyl ester, potassium salt (9CI);Xanthic acid, pentyl-, potassium salt(6CI);Amyl potassium xanthate;Potassiumamylxanthate;Potassium n-amylxanthogenate;Potassium pentyl xanthate;Potassium pentyl xanthogenate;
• PSA 66.62000
• LogP 2.67560

Synthetic route

75-15-0

carbon disulfide

71-41-0

pentan-1-ol

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
With potassium hydroxide In diethyl ether at 20℃; for 3h;	95%
Stage #1: pentan-1-ol With potassium hydroxide for 4h; Schlenk technique; Inert atmosphere; Stage #2: carbon disulfide Schlenk technique; Inert atmosphere;	75.9%
With potassium hydroxide In Petroleum ether
Stage #1: pentan-1-ol With potassium hydroxide for 1h; Reflux; Stage #2: carbon disulfide
Stage #1: pentan-1-ol With potassium hydroxide for 0.666667h; Stage #2: carbon disulfide at 30℃; for 2h;

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

10108-64-2

cadmium(II) chloride

bis(n-pentylxanthato)cadmium(II)

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In water at 20℃; Schlenk technique; Inert atmosphere;	87%

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

7646-85-7

zinc(II) chloride

zinc(II)-O-pentan-1-yl-dithiocarbonate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In water for 2h;	86.1%
In water at 20℃; Schlenk technique; Inert atmosphere;	78.8%

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

536-38-9

4-chlorobenzoylmethyl bromide

1861-73-0

O-Pentyl-S-(4-chlor-phenacyl)-dithiocarbonat

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In acetone for 0.5h; Heating;	83.4%

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

87427-58-5

2-bromo-1-(3-bromo-4-chlorophenyl)ethanone

Dithiocarbonic acid S-[2-(3-bromo-4-chloro-phenyl)-2-oxo-ethyl] ester O-pentyl ester

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In acetonitrile for 0.5h; Heating;	81.6%

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

99-73-0

para-bromophenacyl bromide

1861-53-6

O-Pentyl-S-(4-brom-phenacyl)-dithiocarbonat

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In acetone for 0.5h; Heating;	78.8%

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

98-86-2

acetophenone

31197-64-5

pentyl 2-oxo-2-phenylacetate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
With iodine; dimethyl sulfoxide In water at 80℃; for 12h; Schlenk technique;	78%

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

molybdenum pentakis(pentylxanthate)

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
With molybdenum(V) chloride In dichloromethane; water for 0.5h;	68%

10241-05-1

molybdenum(V) chloride

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

molybdenum (IV) n-pentyloxyxanthate

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In dichloromethane; water for 0.5h;	65%

1270-98-0

cyclopentadienyl titanium(IV) trichloride

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

93939-53-8

(C5H5)Ti(S2COC5H11)Cl2

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In dichloromethane taking CpTiCl3 and potassium alkyl xanthate in 1:1 molar ratio and adding CH2Cl2 followed by reflux for 22 h; soln. filtered, volume reduced, dry petroleum ether (60-80°C) added and allowed to stand overnight, crystals filtered and dried at 80°C; elem. anal.;	48%

1270-98-0

cyclopentadienyl titanium(IV) trichloride

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

93939-55-0

(C5H5)Ti(S2COC5H11)3

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In dichloromethane taking CpTiCl3 and potassium alkyl xanthate in 1:3 molar ratio and adding CH2Cl2 followed by reflux for 40 h; soln. filtered, volume reduced, dry petroleum ether (60-80°C) added and allowed to stand overnight, crystals filtered and dried at 80°C; elem. anal.;	48%

1270-98-0

cyclopentadienyl titanium(IV) trichloride

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

93939-54-9

(C5H5)Ti(S2COC5H11)2Cl

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In dichloromethane taking CpTiCl3 and potassium alkyl xanthate in 1:2 molar ratio and adding CH2Cl2 followed by reflux for 25 h; soln. filtered, volume reduced, dry petroleum ether (60-80°C) added and allowed to stand overnight, crystals filtered and dried at 80°C; elem. anal.;	46%

628-34-2

2-chloroethyl ethyl ether

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

53594-89-1

S-(2-Ethoxyethyl)-O-amyl-dithiocarbonat

4303-42-8

2-chloroethyl-n-propylsulfide

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

41256-04-6

Dithiocarbonic acid O-pentyl ester S-(2-propylsulfanyl-ethyl) ester

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In ethanol

4303-40-6

butyl-(2-chloro-ethyl)-sulfide

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

41256-06-8

S-2-Butylthioaethyl-O-pentyl-dithiocarbonat

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In ethanol

757-34-6

triethylchloromethylsilane

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

22118-26-9

Triethylsilylmethylxanthogensaeure-pentylester

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In ethanol

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

2574-25-6

Diisopropyl chlorophosphate

109100-44-9

Phosphorsaeure-diisopropylester-pentylxanthogenat

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In diethyl ether

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

2510-89-6

dipropyl chlorophosphate

109100-42-7

Dipropyl-phosphorsaeure-pentylxanthogenat

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In diethyl ether

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

106-96-7

propargyl bromide

22118-19-0

Prop-2-inyl-xanthogensaeure-pentylester

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In ethanol

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

A

75-15-0

carbon disulfide

B

71-41-0

pentan-1-ol

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
With hydrogenchloride In water at 35.1℃; Kinetics; Mechanism; Thermodynamic data; ΔH(excit.), ΔS(excit.), ΔF(excit.); further temperature; further acid concentrations;

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

869-91-0

n-amyl dixanthogen

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
With iron(III) perchlorate In acetonitrile Ambient temperature; determination of amount by potentiometric or spectrophotometric titration;

373-02-4, 14998-37-9, 33025-09-1, 94044-50-5, 98268-31-6

nickel diacetate

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

61160-30-3

bis(O-pentylxanthato)nickel(II)

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In methanol; water excess methanolic Ni-acetate; recrystn. from ethanol;
In methanol; water excess methanolic Ni-acetate; recrystn. from ethanol;

nickel(II)

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

61160-30-3

bis(O-pentylxanthato)nickel(II)

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In water react. of Ni(2+) with alkylxanthate ions in aq. soln.; washing by decantation, filtration, drying in air;

14701-21-4

silver (I) ion

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

dithiocarbonic acid O-pentylester; silver-salt

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In ethanol; water in acidic soln.;

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

16637-16-4

uranyl ion

UO2(S2COn-C5H11)2

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In water
In water

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

germanium dioxide

germanyl bis(amylxanthate) * H2O

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
In water byproducts: KOH; mixed; allowed to stand (1 d, pH=6.5); filtered off; washed (ether); dried (75°C; to const. mass); elem.anal.;

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

55173-32-5

bis(O-amyldithiocarbonato)bis(3-methylpyridine)nickel(II)

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
Multi-step reaction with 2 steps 1: water 2: acetone View Scheme

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

1416575-55-7

bis(O-amyldithiocarbonato)bis(2,4-dimethylpyridine)nickel(II)

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
Multi-step reaction with 2 steps 1: water 2: acetone View Scheme

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

1416575-56-8

bis(O-amyldithiocarbonato)bis(3,4-dimethylpyridine)nickel(II)

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
Multi-step reaction with 2 steps 1: water 2: acetone View Scheme

2720-73-2

potassium amylxanthate

1416575-57-9

bis(O-amyldithiocarbonato)bis(3,5-dimethylpyridine)nickel(II)

Conditions

Conditions	Yield
Multi-step reaction with 2 steps 1: water 2: acetone View Scheme

Potassium amylxanthate Chemical Properties

Potassium amylxanthate Toxicity Data With Reference

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Potassium amylxanthate Safety Profile

Potassium amylxanthate Analytical Methods

Potassium amylxanthate Specification