Sulfur Cyanide

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Physical Properties:
Solid at room temperature. ( “Thiocyanate.”)
Boiling point- 146 degrees Celsius +/- 9 degrees. (“Thiocyanate Anion.” )
Typically Colorless ( “Thiocyanate.”)
Flash point- 42.1 +/- 18.7 degrees Celsius (“Thiocyanate Anion.” )
Vapour Pressure- 4.7 +/- .3 mmHg at 25 degrees celsius (“Thiocyanate Anion.” )

This is the lewis dot diagram of Sulfur Cyanide. While this section won’t feature an in depth description of the lewis dot diagram and what it means, the diagram will help to explain Sulfur Cyanide’s state at room temperature and its boiling point. Sulfur Cyanide has a charge of -1 and has ion to ion intermolecular forces. This force is very strong so a lot of energy is required to break apart the intermolecular force and …show more content…

One bond is between Carbon and Nitrogen, while the other bond is between Carbon and Sulfur. The bond between Carbon and Nitrogen is more stable than the bond between Carbon and Sulfur. This is the case because there is more attraction between Carbon and Nitrogen along with more shared pairs of electrons. There is a higher attraction between Carbon and Nitrogen than Carbon and Sulfur because of the difference in electronegativity. C and N have an electronegativity difference of .5 while C and S have an electronegativity difference of 0. The higher electronegativity difference leads to more attraction which causes a decrease in potential energy and an increase in stability. C and N also share three pairs of electrons compared to the one pair that C and S share which leads to even more stability on the part of C and N compared to C and …show more content…

It has two bonded regions and zero lone pairs. Sulfur Cyanide has this specific shape because according to VSEPR theory the two bonded regions will repel each other and be as far away from each other as possible. These bonded regions would also be repelled by lone pairs, but since there are none the two bonded regions end up being on opposite ends from each other. This leads to the bond angle being 180 degrees.

Molecular Polarity- Sulfur Cyanide is polar. This is the case because it’s asymmetrical and the electronegativity difference between carbon and nitrogen is .5. The fact that the electronegativity difference is greater than .3 and the molecule is not symmetrical means that the molecule is polar.

Industrial/commercial uses- Sulfur Cyanide is used for agriculture to produce herbicides and fungicides. In the oilfield industry it’s used as a chemical tracer. Sulfur Cyanide is also used as an intermediate for metal Thiocyanates in anti-fouling paints. It’s also used as the starting agent in the synthesis of certain metals and dyes. Alongside all of these things it is also an additive in peroxodisulfates (“Thiocyanate - AkzoNobel.com.”

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