Sulfur compounds: tetrasulphur tetranitride

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The sulfur in tetrasulphur tetranitride formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Tetrasulphur tetranitride

  • Formula as often written: S4N4
  • Hill system formula: N4S4
  • CAS registry number: [28950-34-7]
  • Formula weight: 184.291
  • Class: nitride

Synonyms

  • tetrasulphur tetranitride
  • sulphur(III) nitride
  • sulfur nitride
  • sulfur(III) nitride
  • sulphur nitride
  • tetrasulfur tetranitride

Physical properties

  • Colour: yellow
  • Appearance:
  • Melting point: 180
  • Boiling point: 185
  • Density: 2.24 (18°C)

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in tetrasulphur tetranitride
Element %
N 30.40
S 69.60

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the S4N4 unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: S4N4

mass  %
184 100.0 __________________________________________________
185   4.6 __
186  17.8 _________
187   0.7 
188   1.3 _
189   0.0 
190   0.0

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

  • R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
  • N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
  • F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  • A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
  • R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
  • A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
  • A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
  • J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
  • D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
  • J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
  • J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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