Question

Sulphur monochloride reacts with ethene to form

• A. mustard gas
• B. saccharine
• C. lewisite
• D. none of these

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

mustard gas

Answer 2

Mustard gas is synthesized by treating sulfur monochloride with ethylene: In the Levinstein process, disulfur dichloride is used: $8 S _{2} Cl _{2}+16 C _{2} H _{4} \rightarrow 8\left( ClCH _{2} CH _{2}\right)_{2} S + S .$