Thermal Decomposition of Sulfur Compounds. II. 1-Pentanethiol

Abstract

1-Pentanethiol was thermally decomposed in a quartz tube utilizing a flow method. The apparatus and techniques used in this investigation have been described in a previous publication. The conditions (350 to 500/sup 0/ with exposure times of 10 to 120 seconds) employed in this study resulted in decompositions ranging from 0.2 to 87 percent. The predominant sulfur-containing decomposition product was hydrogen sulfide. Small amounts of sulfides and residual sulfur were also produced. The decomposition, as postulated, proceeds by way of an intramolecular splitting of 1-pentanethiol to produce pentene and hydrogen sulfide.