Mercaptan - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: mercaptanMercaptan
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...
butyl mercaptan
A volatile liquid C4H9SH having a strong odor like that of a skunk also called butanethiol All three isomers normal sec and tert butanethiol possess the skunk odor...
ethyl mercaptan
A gaseous substance C2H5SH used as an odorant in natural gas and propane to facilitate detection and serve as a warning of leaks...
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...
Mercaptal
Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes...
Mercaptide
A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal as potassium mercaptide C2H5SK...
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