Potassium hydrosulfide in the context of "Organosulfur compound"

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⭐ Core Definition: Potassium hydrosulfide

Potassium hydrosulfide is an inorganic compound with the formula KSH. This colourless salt consists of the cation K and the bisulfide anion [SH]. It is the product of the half-neutralization of hydrogen sulfide with potassium hydroxide. The compound has been used in the synthesis of organosulfur compounds. Aqueous solutions of potassium sulfide consist of a mixture of potassium hydrosulfide and potassium hydroxide.

The structure of the potassium hydrosulfide resembles that of potassium chloride. Their structure is however complicated by the non-spherical symmetry of the SH anions, but these tumble rapidly in the solid.

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Potassium hydrosulfide in the context of Potassium sulfide

Potassium sulfide is an inorganic compound with the formula K2S. The colourless solid is rarely encountered, because it reacts readily with water, a reaction that affords potassium hydrosulfide (KSH) and potassium hydroxide (KOH). Most commonly, the term potassium sulfide refers loosely to this mixture, not the anhydrous solid.

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