As mentioned in the Introduction (Chapter 1) chlorosulfonic acid acts as a chlorinating agent with sulfur, which by warming with the reagent yields a mixture of sulfur dichloride, sulfur dioxide and ...

The early work on the sulfonation of aliphatic compounds is described in Suter's book;1 there are also several general references 2 6 which include the use of chlorosulfonic acid in the sulfonation of ...

The chemical that leaked from a South Baltimore plant Monday is a powerful acid used in manufacturing of medicines, sweeteners and pesticides. Chlorosulfonic acid is an inorganic substance that can ...

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It usually uses highly oxidizing substances, such as fuming sulfuric acid and chlorosulfonic acid. Unfortunately, this leads to undesirable side reactions, such as cleavage of the backbone chains of ...