Dimethyl disulfide is used as an intermediate as well as a food additive in onion, garlic, cheese, meats, soups, savory flavors and fruit flavors. It is used in oil refineries as a sulfiding agent. It is used to alfa substitute 2-methylfuran-acrolein to produce food stuff. It is involved in the preparation of 4-(methylthio)phenol. Further, it is used to replace methyl mercaptan as a jet fuel additive. It finds application in artificial flavoring agent and a corrosion inhibitor. In addition to this, it serves as an effective soil fumigant in agriculture.
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Applications
Dimethyl disulfide is used as an intermediate as well as a food additive in onion, garlic, cheese, meats, soups, savory flavors and fruit flavors. It is used in oil refineries as a sulfiding agent. It is used to alfa substitute 2-methylfuran-acrolein to produce food stuff. It is involved in the preparation of 4-(methylthio)phenol. Further, it is used to replace methyl mercaptan as a jet fuel additive. It finds application in artificial flavoring agent and a corrosion inhibitor. In addition to this, it serves as an effective soil fumigant in agriculture.
Solubility
Miscible with ethanol, ethyl ether, alcohol, most organic solvents and oils. Slightly miscible with water.
Notes
Incompatible with strong bases, strong oxidizing agents and strong reducing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
Non-aqueous diazotization of arylamines with isoamyl nitrite in the presence of Me2S2 provides a convenient route to aryl methyl sulfides: Synth. Commun., 31, 1857 (2001). Alkyl methyl sulfides have been prepared by disproportionation of symmetrical disulfides with Me2S2 in the presence of NaOH: Chem. Lett., 755 (1999).
Arellano-García, L.; Dorado, A. D.; Morales-Guadarrama, A.; Sacristan, E.; Gamisans, X.; Revah, S. Modeling the effects of biomass accumulation on the performance of a biotrickling filter packed with PUF support for the alkaline biotreatment of dimethyl disulfide vapors in air. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2015, 99 (1), 97-107.
Mashkina, A. V.; Khairulina, L. N. Reaction of dimethyl disulfide with thiophene catalyzed by zeolite. Russ. J. Org. Chem. 2015, 51 (2), 217-220.