Potassium pyrosulfate

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Potassium pyrosulfate
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Names
IUPAC name
dipotassium (sulfonatooxy)sulfonate
Other names
Potassium pyrosulphate; potassium disulfate
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 232-216-8
PubChem CID
UNII
  • InChI=1S/2K.H2O7S2/c;;1-8(2,3)7-9(4,5)6/h;;(H,1,2,3)(H,4,5,6)/q2*+1;/p-2 X mark.svgN
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  • InChI=1/2K.H2O7S2/c;;1-8(2,3)7-9(4,5)6/h;;(H,1,2,3)(H,4,5,6)/q2*+1;/p-2
    Key: KAQHZJVQFBJKCK-NUQVWONBAQ
  • [O-]S(=O)(=O)OS(=O)(=O)[O-].[K+].[K+]
Properties
K2O7S2
Molar mass 254.31 g·mol−1
Density 2.28 g/cm3
Melting point 325 °C (617 °F; 598 K)
25.4 g/100 mL (20 °C)
Hazards
GHS labelling:
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Danger
H314, H331
P260, P261, P264, P271, P280, P301+P330+P331, P303+P361+P353, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P310, P311, P321, P363, 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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Potassium pyrosulfate, or potassium disulfate, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula K2S2O7.

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Production

Potassium pyrosulfate is obtained by the thermal decomposition of other salts, most directly from potassium bisulfate: [1]

2 KHSO4 → K2S2O7 + H2O

Temperatures above 600°C further decompose potassium pyrosulfate to potassium sulfate and sulfur trioxide however: [2]

K2S2O7 → K2SO4 + SO3

Other salts, such as potassium trisulfate, [3] can also decompose into potassium pyrosulfate.

Chemical structure

Potassium pyrosulfate contains the pyrosulfate anion which has a dichromate-like structure. The geometry can be visualized as a tetrahedron with two corners sharing the SO4 anion's configuration and a centrally bridged oxygen atom. [4] A semi-structural formula for the pyrosulfate anion is O3SOSO32. The oxidation state of sulfur in this compound is +6.

Uses

Potassium pyrosulfate is used in analytical chemistry; samples are fused with potassium pyrosulfate, (or a mixture of potassium pyrosulfate and potassium fluoride) to ensure complete dissolution prior to a quantitative analysis. [5] [6]

The compound is also present in a catalyst in conjunction with vanadium(V) oxide in the industrial production of sulfur trioxide. [7]

See also

Related Research Articles

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In chemistry, perxenates are salts of the yellow xenon-containing anion XeO4−
6
. This anion has octahedral molecular geometry, as determined by Raman spectroscopy, having O–Xe–O bond angles varying between 87° and 93°. The Xe–O bond length was determined by X-ray crystallography to be 1.875 Å.

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Chromium(III) oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula Cr
2
O
3
. It is one of the principal oxides of chromium and is used as a pigment. In nature, it occurs as the rare mineral eskolaite.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pyrosulfate</span>

In chemistry, disulfate or pyrosulfate is the anion with the molecular formula S
2
O2−
7
. Disulfate is the IUPAC name. It has a dichromate-like structure and can be visualised as two corner-sharing SO4 tetrahedra, with a bridging oxygen atom. In this anion, sulfur has an oxidation state of +6. Disulfate is the conjugate base of the hydrogen disulfate (hydrogen pyrosulfate) ion HS
2
O
7
, which in turn is the conjugate base of disulfuric acid (pyrosulfuric acid).

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A disulfite, commonly known as metabisulfite or pyrosulfite, is a chemical compound containing the ion S
2
O2−
5
. It is a colorless dianion that is primarily marketed in the form of sodium metabisulfite or potassium metabisulfite. When dissolved in water, these salts release the hydrogensulfite HSO
3
anion. These salts act equivalently to sodium hydrogensulfite or potassium hydrogensulfite.

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In chemistry, a molybdate is a compound containing an oxyanion with molybdenum in its highest oxidation state of 6: O−Mo(=O)2−O. Molybdenum can form a very large range of such oxyanions, which can be discrete structures or polymeric extended structures, although the latter are only found in the solid state. The larger oxyanions are members of group of compounds termed polyoxometalates, and because they contain only one type of metal atom are often called isopolymetalates. The discrete molybdenum oxyanions range in size from the simplest MoO2−
4
, found in potassium molybdate up to extremely large structures found in isopoly-molybdenum blues that contain for example 154 Mo atoms. The behaviour of molybdenum is different from the other elements in group 6. Chromium only forms the chromates, CrO2−
4
, Cr
2
O2−
7
, Cr
3
O2−
10
and Cr
4
O2−
13
ions which are all based on tetrahedral chromium. Tungsten is similar to molybdenum and forms many tungstates containing 6 coordinate tungsten.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Polonium dioxide</span> Chemical compound

Polonium dioxide (also known as polonium(IV) oxide) is a chemical compound with the formula PoO2. It is one of three oxides of polonium, the other two being polonium monoxide (PoO) and polonium trioxide (PoO3). It is a pale yellow crystalline solid at room temperature. Under lowered pressure (such as a vacuum), it decomposes into elemental polonium and oxygen at 500 °C. It is the most stable oxide of polonium and is an interchalcogen.

Tellurium compounds are compounds containing the element tellurium (Te). Tellurium belongs to the chalcogen family of elements on the periodic table, which also includes oxygen, sulfur, selenium and polonium: Tellurium and selenium compounds are similar. Tellurium exhibits the oxidation states −2, +2, +4 and +6, with +4 being most common.

Rhenium compounds are compounds formed by the transition metal rhenium (Re). Rhenium can form in many oxidation states, and compounds are known for every oxidation state from -3 to +7 except -2, although the oxidation states +7, +6, +4, and +2 are the most common. Rhenium is most available commercially as salts of perrhenate, including sodium and ammonium perrhenates. These are white, water-soluble compounds. Tetrathioperrhenate anion [ReS4] is possible.

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