Liquid hydrogen chloride solvent system. XII. Reactions of some sulfur, selenium, and tellurium compounds

Abstract

The ions Me2SCl+ and MeSCl2+ have been prepared in hydrogen chloride solution from the oxidation of dimethyl sulfide and methanesulfenyl chloride with chlorine, or from methyl sulfur trichloride (MeSCl2+), and characterized as their tetrachloroborates and hexafluorophosphates. Et2SCl+BCl4− and EtSCl2+BCl4− have been prepared analogously. Dimethyl selenium and dimethyl tellurium solutions were oxidized with chlorine to dimethyl selenium dichloride and dimethyl tellurium dichloride.Methanesulfenyl chloride solution was ionized due to the protonation of sulfur, and not to the loss of a chloride ion. Methylchlorosulfonium hexafluorophosphate has been characterized. Methane- and ethane-sulfenyl chloride solutions reacted with boron trichloride giving (RSCl)2BCl3.Sulfur tetrachloride, selenium tetrachloride, and tellurium tetrachloride were sparingly soluble and showed no acidic or basic properties in the solvent. Sulfur monochloride, sulfur dichloride, selenium monochloride, and tellurium dichloride were non-basic in solution.The new compounds, Me2S2.BCl3 and Me2Te.BCl3, have been prepared and characterized.