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Google Patents Process for the manufacture of dimethyl sulfideĭownload PDF Info Publication number US4302605A US4302605A US06/141,707 US14170780A US4302605A US 4302605 A US4302605 A US 4302605A US 14170780 A US14170780 A US 14170780A US 4302605 A US4302605 A US 4302605A Authority US United States Prior art keywords catalyst alkali metal alkanol sulfide range Prior art date Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google Patents US4302605A - Process for the manufacture of dimethyl sulfide Journal of Phycology 28 (5): 590-597.US4302605A - Process for the manufacture of dimethyl sulfide "Sulfur: The plankton/climate connection.". ^ Malin, G Turner, SM Liss, PS (1992).Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 5: 1505-1525. "Parametric sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of dimethylsulfide oxidation in the clear-sky remote marine boundary layer.". Environmental Science and Technology 40 (1): 202-207. "Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) Waste Residues and Municipal Waste Water Odor by Dimethyl Sulfide (DMS): the North-East WPCP Plant of Philadelphia.". ^ Glindemann, D., Novak, J., Witherspoon, J.^ University of East Anglia press release, Cloning the smell of the seaside, February 2, 2007."Inventorying emissions from nature in Europe". Puxbaum, Hans Shearer, Martha Skiba, Ute Steinbrecher, Rainer Tarrasón, Leonor Öquist, Mats G. ^ Simpson, David Winiwarter, Wilfried Börjesson, Gunnar Cinderby, Steve Ferreiro, Antonio Guenther, Alex Hewitt, C.Dimethyl sulfide has an unpleasant odor at even extremely low concentrations. The largest single commercial producer of DMS in the world is Gaylord Chemical Corporation, which is a significant economic component of the paper industry of Bogalusa, Louisiana.ĭimethyl sulfide is flammable and an irritant. It can also be oxidized by natural or artificial means to dimethyl sulfoxide, (DMSO), which has several important solvent properties. It also has a use as a food flavoring component. It is also used in a range of organic syntheses, also being a side product of Swern oxidation. In addition it is used to control dusting in steel mills. In industry it is used in petroleum refining and in petrochemical production processes to control the formation of coke and carbon monoxide. Recent research suggests that marine bacteria are reducing the amount of this important climate cooling gas given off from our seas. Through this interaction with cloud formation, the massive production of atmospheric DMS over the oceans may have a significant impact on the Earth's climate. DMS is also produced naturally by bacterial transformation of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) waste that is disposed of into sewers, where it can cause environmental odor problems.ĭMS is oxidized in the marine atmosphere to various sulfur-containing compounds, such as sulfur dioxide, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), dimethyl sulfone, methane sulfonic acid and sulfuric acid.Īmong these compounds, sulfuric acid has the potential to create new aerosols which act as cloud condensation nuclei. While Andrew Johnston, of the University of East Anglia, has characterized DMS as being the "smell of the sea", it would be more accurate to say that DMS is a component of the "smell of the sea," another being pheromones of algae called dictyopterenes. Emission occurs over the oceans by phytoplankton. 1 Natural sources and link with climateĭMS is the most abundant biological sulfur compound emitted to the atmosphere.
