Conclusions
Compounds of one class are formed in the heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of ethyl mercaptan, viz. aliphatic polysulfides. Diethyl di-, tri-, and tetrasulfides have been identified by gas chromatography, infrared spectroscopy, and proton magnetic resonance.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1804–1808, August, 1985.
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Radin, A.N., Danyushevskii, V.Y., Bodganov, V.S. et al. A study of the products from the heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of mercaptan. Russ Chem Bull 34, 1652–1655 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00948512
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00948512