Nomenclature
CAS number: 544-40-1
1,1′-Thiobisbutane; butylthiobutane; dibutyl sulfide.
C
8H
18S; mol wt 146.29.
C 65.68%, H 12.40%, S 21.92%.
Description and references
Prepd by refluxing a soln contg sodium sulfide
and sodium n-butyl sulfate for several hrs: Gray, Gutekunst, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 42, 856 (1920).
Properties
Liquid. mp -79.7°. d016 0.839. d40 0.852. bp 182°. Insol in water. Very sol in alcohol,
ether.