Silicon sulfide

Silicon sulfide

Names
IUPAC name silicon(IV) sulfide
Other names silicon disulfide
Identifiers
CAS Number	13759-10-9 N
ChemSpider	75527 Y
Jmol 3D model	Interactive image
PubChem	83705
InChI InChI=1S/S2Si/c1-3-2 Y Key: KHDSWONFYIAAPE-UHFFFAOYSA-N Y InChI=1/S2Si/c1-3-2 Key: KHDSWONFYIAAPE-UHFFFAOYAO
SMILES S=[Si]=S
Properties
Chemical formula	SiS2
Molar mass	92.218 g/mol
Appearance	White (samples are sometimes grey or brown) needles. Rotten egg smell in moist air.
Density	1.853 g/cm3
Melting point	1,090 °C (1,990 °F; 1,360 K) sublimes
Solubility in water	Decomposes
Structure
Crystal structure	Orthorhombic, oI12
Space group	Ibam, No.72
Coordination geometry	Tetrahedral
Vapor pressure	{{{value}}}
Related compounds
Other anions	silicon dioxide
Other cations	carbon disulfide germanium disulfide tin(IV) sulfide lead(IV) sulfide
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Silicon sulfide is the inorganic compound with the formula SiS₂. Like the silicon dioxide, this material is polymeric, but it adopts a 1-dimensional structure quite different from the usual forms of SiO₂.

Synthesis, structure, and properties

The material is formed by heating silicon and sulfur or by the exchange reaction between SiO₂ and Al₂S₃. The material consists of chains of edge-shared tetrahedra, Si(μ-S)₂Si(μS)₂, etc.

Like other silicon sulfur-compounds (e.g., bis(trimethylsilyl)sulfide) SiS₂ hydrolyzes readily to release H₂S. In liquid ammonia it is reported to form the imide Si(NH)₂ and NH₄SH, but a recent report has identified crystalline (NH₄)₂[SiS₃(NH₃)]·2NH₃ as a product which contains the tetrahedral thiosilicate anion, SiS₃(NH₃).

Reaction with ethanol gives the alkoxide, tetraethyl orthosilicate and H₂S. Reaction with sodium sulfide, magnesium sulfide and aluminum sulfide give thiosilicates.

SiS₂ is claimed to occur in certain interstellar objects.