sodium bisulfide
Also known as sodium hydrogen sulfide, sodium hydrosulfide, sodium mercaptan, sodium sulfhydrate, sodium sulfide
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- HNaS
- Molecular weight
- 56.07 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- sodium sulfanide
- SMILES
- [Na+].[SH-]
- InChIKey
- HYHCSLBZRBJJCH-UHFFFAOYSA-M
- Polar surface area
- 1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Sodium hydrosulfide is the chemical compound with the formula NaSH. This compound is the product of the half-neutralization of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) with sodium hydroxide (NaOH). NaSH and sodium sulfide are used industrially, often for similar purposes. Solid NaSH is colorless. The solid has an odor of H2S owing to hydrolysis by atmospheric moisture. In contrast with sodium sulfide (Na2S), which is insoluble in organic solvents, NaSH, being a 1:1 electrolyte, is more soluble.
Structure and properties