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Hydrosulphide

One of a series of compounds derived from hydrogen sulphide by the replacement of half its hydrogen by a base or basic radical as potassium hydrosulphide KSH The hydrosulphides are analogous to the hydrates and include the mercaptans...


Hydrosulphuret

A hydrosulphide...


Mercaptan

Any one of series of compounds having an SH radical attached to a carbon atom also considered as hydrosulphides of alcohol radicals in composition resembling the alcohols but containing sulphur in place of oxygen and hence called also the sulphur alcohols In general they are colorless liquids having a strong repulsive garlic odor The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan C2H5SH So called from its avidity for mercury and other metals...


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