The composition of mustard gas made by the levinstein process

AM Kinnear, J Harley??Mason

Index: Kinnear; Harley-Mason Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry, London, 1948 , vol. 67, p. 108

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Abstract

Abstract The composition of a sample of Levinstein mustard gas has been investigated with the object of ascertaining the nature of the excess sulphur. The by-products consist mainly of ft9'-dichloro-dicthyl trisulphide, ββ′-dichlorodiethyl disulphide and a labile polysulphidc derived from ββ′-dichlorodiethyl trisulphide and sulphur. The di-and trisulphides have been isolated in the pure state from the sample and identified with these compounds ...