Germanium disulfide
Ball and stick model of crystalline germanium sulfide.
Names
Systematic IUPAC name
Germanium(IV) sulfide[1]
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
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EC Number
  • 234-705-1
  • InChI=1S/GeS2/c2-1-3 checkY
    Key: YIZVROFXIVWAAZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N checkY
  • InChI=1/GeS2/c2-1-3
    Key: YIZVROFXIVWAAZ-UHFFFAOYAU
  • S=[Ge]=S
Properties
GeS2
Molar mass 136.75 g·mol−1
Appearance White, translucent crystals
Density 2.94 g cm−3
Melting point 840 °C (1,540 °F; 1,110 K)
Boiling point 1,530 °C (2,790 °F; 1,800 K)
0.45 g/100 mL
Solubility soluble in liquid ammonia
−53.3·10−6 cm3/mol
Structure
monoclinic, mP36
Pc, No. 7
tetrahedral at Ge, bent at S
Thermochemistry
50 J /(mol K)
-150.06 kJ/mol
Related compounds
Related compounds
 Carbon disulfide

Germanium dioxide
Germanium diselenide
Germanium monosulfide
Lead disulfide
Silicon sulfide
Tin disulfide

Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Germanium disulfide or Germanium(IV) sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula GeS2. It is a white high-melting crystalline solid.[1][2] The compound is a 3-dimensional polymer,[3][4] in contrast to silicon disulfide, which is a one-dimensional polymer. The Ge-S distance is 2.19 Å.[3]

Isolation, production, reactions

Germanium disulfide was first found in samples of argyrodite. The fact that germanium sulfide does not dissolve in aqueous acid facilitated its isolation.[5]

Germanium disulfide is produced by treating a solution of germanium tetrachloride in a concentrated hydrochloric acid solution with hydrogen sulfide. It precipitates as a white solid.[6]

It is insoluble in water, it dissolves in aqueous solutions of sodium sulfide owing to the formation of thiogermanates:

GeS2 + Na2S → Na2GeS3

Natural occurrence

Natural GeS2 is restricted to fumaroles of some burning coal-mining waste heaps.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Johnson, O. H. (1952). "Germanium and its Inorganic Compounds". Chemical Reviews. 51 (3): 431–469. doi:10.1021/cr60160a002.
  2. ^ Golubkov, A. V.; Dubrovskii, G. B.; Shelykh, A. I. (1998). "Preparation and properties of GeS2 single crystals". Semiconductors. 32 (7): 734–735. Bibcode:1998Semic..32..734G. doi:10.1134/1.1187494. S2CID 101832592.
  3. ^ a b Zachariasen, W. H. (1936). "The Crystal Structure of Germanium Disulphide". Journal of Chemical Physics. 4 (9): 618–619. Bibcode:1936JChPh...4..618Z. doi:10.1063/1.1749915.
  4. ^ Kulikova, L. F.; Lityagina, L. M.; Zibrov, I. P.; Dyuzheva, T. I.; Nikolaev, N. A.; Brazhkin, V. V. (2014). "High-pressure, high-temperature study of GeS2 and GeSe2". Inorg. Mater. 50 (8): 768–774. doi:10.1134/S002016851408010X. S2CID 98354736.
  5. ^ Winkler, C. (1886). "Mittheilungen über das Germanium". Journal für Praktische Chemie. 34 (1): 177–229. doi:10.1002/prac.18860340122.
  6. ^ P. W. Schenk (1963). "Germanium Disulfide". In G. Brauer (ed.). Handbook of Preparative Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Ed. Vol. 2pages=723-724. NY,NY: Academic Press.
  7. ^ "Unnamed (Ge Sulphide)".


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