Hydrochloric Acid → antimony (V) decanethiol

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Reaction Steps

Sodium antimonate obtained from U.S. Antimony Corporation (9.49 g, 0.02347 mole) was placed in a reaction vessel and 1-decanethiol from Eastman Kodak (50 ml, 0.2347 mole) added and stirred. Concentrated hydrochloric acid (3.9 ml, 0.0468 mole) was added dropwise and an immediate temperature increase of 4° C. was observed. The mixture was heated and the byproduct of the reaction, water, was distilled over at 28° C. and a vacuum of 50 mm Hg. After 2.5 hours 45.57 g of antimony (V) decanethiol was obtained. The product was filtered to remove unreacted sodium antimonate and the additional byproduct of the reaction, sodium chloride.

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