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Title: hydrogen tetrasulfide
Post by: amber82 on November 15, 2004, 10:27:05 PM

This might be a stupid question for this kind of website, but I need to know where I can find out information on hydrogen tetrasulfide. I have a chemistry project on it and I can't seem to find any info on is except the symbol and it's model. Please help me out!!!???!!!! ???

Title: Re:hydrogen tetrasulfide
Post by: Mitch on November 15, 2004, 10:28:58 PM

never heard of it.

Title: Re:hydrogen tetrasulfide
Post by: budullewraagh on November 15, 2004, 10:51:27 PM

im quite sure that hydrogen tetrasulfide couldnt exist.  if it did exist, it would be rediculously unstable.  thus you would never find it anywhere

Title: Re:hydrogen tetrasulfide
Post by: AWK on November 16, 2004, 01:34:36 AM

Tetrasulfan is in fact unstable, but exists.
It can be obtained in reaction
2H2S + S2Cl2 = 2HCl + H2S4