Hydrogen disulfide
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IUPAC name
Dihydrogen disulfide
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Hydrogen disulphide; Hydrogen persulfide; Hydrogen persulphide, Dihydrogen disulfide, thiosulfenic acid
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13465-07-1 
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CHEBI:33114
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97274
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| PubChem | 108196 |
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| H2S2 | |
| Molar mass | 66.14 g·mol−1 |
| Appearance | yellow liquid |
| Density | 1.334 g cm−3 |
| Melting point | −89.6 °C (−129.3 °F; 183.6 K) |
| Boiling point | 70.7 °C (159.3 °F; 343.8 K) |
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| Hazards | |
| Flash point | flammable |
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Hydrogen peroxide Hydrogen sulfide Hydrogen diselenide Hydrogen ditelluride |
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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Hydrogen disulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula H2S2. This hydrogen chalcogenide is a pale yellow volatile liquid with a camphor-like odor. It decomposes readily to hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and elemental sulfur.
The structure of hydrogen disulfide is similar to that of hydrogen peroxide, with C2point group symmetry. Both molecules are distinctly nonplanar.The dihedral angle is 90.6°, compared with 111.5° in H2O2. The H−S−S bond angle is 92°, close to 90º for unhybridized divalent sulfur.
Hydrogen disulfide can be synthesised by dissolving alkali or alkaline earth metal polysulfides in water. When the solution is mixed with concentrated hydrochloric acid at −15 °C, a yellow oil consisting a mixture of polysulfanes (H2Sn) will pool below the aqueous layer. Fractional distillation of this oil gives hydrogen disulfide separate from any other polysulfides (mostly trisulfide).
Hydrogen disulfide readily decomposes under ambient conditions to hydrogen sulfide and sulfur. In organosulfur chemistry, hydrogen disulfide adds to alkenes to give disulfides and thiols.
The deuterated form of hydrogen disulfide DSSD, has a similar geometry to HSSH, but its tunneling time is slower, making it a convenient test case for the quantum Zeno effect, in which frequent observation of a quantum system suppresses its normal evolution. Trost and Hornberger have calculated that while an isolated DSSD molecule would spontaneously oscillate between left and right chiral forms with a period of 5.6 milliseconds, the presence of a small amount of inert helium gas should stabilize the chiral states, the collisions of the helium atoms in effect "observing" the molecule's momentary chirality and so suppressing spontaneous evolution to the other chiral state.
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