To use all functions of this page, please activate cookies in your browser.
my.chemeurope.com
With an accout for my.chemeurope.com you can always see everything at a glance – and you can configure your own website and individual newsletter.
- My watch list
- My saved searches
- My saved topics
- My newsletter
Potassium peroxymonosulfate
Potassium peroxymonosulfate, KHSO5, is widely used as an oxidizing agent. It is the potassium acid salt of peroxymonosulfuric acid. Additional recommended knowledgeThe potassium salt is marketed by two companies: Degussa under the tradename Caroat® and DuPont under the tradename Oxone®, tradenames which are now part of standard chemistry vocabulary. It is a component of a triple salt with the formula 2KHSO5·KHSO4·K2SO4. The standard electrode potential for this compound is -1.44 V with a half reaction generating the hydrogen sulfate.
Illustrative of the oxidation power of this salt is the conversion of an acridine to the corresponding acridine-N-oxide.[1] It will also oxidize a thioether to a sulfone with 2 equivalents.[2] With one equivalent the reaction converting sulfide to sulfoxide is much faster than that of sulfoxide to sulfone, so the reaction can conveniently be stopped at that stage if so desired. References
Categories: Persulfates | Peroxides | Potassium compounds | Acid salts |
||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Potassium_peroxymonosulfate". A list of authors is available in Wikipedia. |