Diboron trisulphide

Boron compounds: diboron trisulphide

The boron in diboron trisulphide formally is in the oxidation state 3.

Diboron trisulphide

• Formula as often written: B₂S₃
• Hill system formula: B₂S₃
• CAS registry number: [12007-33-9]
• Formula weight: 117.82
• Class: sulphide

Synonyms

• diboron trisulphide
• boron(III) sulphide
• boron sulfide
• boron sulphide
• boron(III) sulfide
• diboron trisulfide

Physical properties

• Colour: white or yellow
• Appearance: solid
• Melting point:
• Boiling point:
• Density: 1700 kg m^-3 (approximately)

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in diboron trisulphide

Element	%
B	18.35
S	81.65

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the B₂S₃ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: B₂S₃

mass  %
116   6.0 ___
117  48.9 ________________________
118 100.0 __________________________________________________
119   8.8 ____
120  13.2 _______
121   0.5 
122   0.6 
123   0.0 
124   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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Bor	Boor
Boro	Boro
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