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Hydrogen sulfide

RN: 7783-06-4 

Structure 

Descriptors

InChI 

InChI=1/H2S/h1H2 

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Smiles 

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Names and 

Synonyms 

MeSH Heading 

 Hydrogen sulfide 

Name of Substance 

 Hydrogen sulfide 

Synonyms 

 Acide sulfhydrique [French] 

 Acide sulphhydrique 

 Dihydrogen monosulfide 

 Dihydrogen sulfide 

 EINECS 231-977-3 

 FEMA No. 3779 

 HSDB 576 

 Hydrogen sulfide 

 Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) 

 Hydrogen sulfure [French] 

 Hydrogen sulfuric acid 

 Hydrogen sulphide 

 Hydrogene sulfure [French] 

 Hydrogene sulphure 

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 Hydrosulfuric acid 

 Idrogeno solforato [Italian] 

 RCRA waste number U135 

 Schwefelwasserstoff [German] 

 Sewer gas 

 Siarkowodor [Polish] 

 Stink DAMP 

 Sulfur hydride 

 Sulfureted hydrogen 

 UN 1053 

 Zwavelwaterstof [Dutch] 

Systematic Name 

 Hydrogen sulfide 

 Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) 

 Hydrogen sulphide 

Superlist Name 

 Hydrogen sulfide 

 Hydrogen sulfide H2S 

 Hydrogen sulfide [UN1053] [Poison gas] 

 RCRA waste no. U135 

 UN1053 

Registry 

Numbers 

CAS Registry Number 

 7783-06-4 

Other Registry Number 

 11144-15-3 

Related Registry Number 

 13465-07-1 (H2S2) 

System Generated Number 

 007783064 

Classification 

Codes 

Classification Code 

 Air pollutants 

 Environmental Pollutants 

 Human Data 

 Reproductive Effect 

Superlist Classification Code 

 ATSDR Profile Priority List, rank : 193 

 Ceiling 20 mg/m3, peak 50 mg/m3 in 10 min once only 

 Reportable Quantity (RQ) = 100 lb 

 TWA 10 ppm; STEL 15 ppm 

 Threshold Planning Quantity (TPQ) = 500 lb 

Formulas Molecular Formula 

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 H2-S 

Notes Note 

 A flammable, poisonous gas with a characteristic odor of rotten eggs. It is used in the 

manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as an analytical reagent. (From Merck 

Index, 11th ed) 

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Toxicity

Organism Test 

Type Route

Reported 

Dose 

(Normalized 

Dose)

Effect Source

human LCLo inhalation 600ppm/30M 

(600ppm)

"Practical 

Toxicology of 

Plastics," 

Lefaux, R., 

Cleveland, OH, 

Chemical 

Rubber Co., 

1968Vol. -, Pg. 

207, 1968.

human LCLo inhalation 800ppm/5M 

(800ppm)

Tabulae 

Biologicae. Vol. 

3, Pg. 231, 

1933.

mammal 

(species 

unspecified)

LCLo inhalation 800ppm/5M 

(800ppm)

NaunynSchmiedeberg's 

Archiv fuer 

Experimentelle 

Pathologie und 

Pharmakologie. 

Vol. 138, Pg. 

65, 1928.

man LCLo inhalation

5700ug/kg 

BEHAVIORAL: COMA 

LUNGS, THORAX, OR 

Archives des 

Maladies 

Professionnelles 

de Medecine du 

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(5.7mg/kg) RESPIRATION: 

CHRONIC 

PULMONARY EDEMA

Travail et de 

Securite 

Sociale. Vol. 44, 

Pg. 483, 1983.

mouse LC50 inhalation 634ppm/1H 

(634ppm)

Aerospace 

Medical 

Research 

Laboratory 

Report. Vol. TR72-62, Pg. 

1972, 

rat LC50 inhalation 444ppm 

(444ppm)

LUNGS, THORAX, OR 

RESPIRATION: 

OTHER CHANGES 

GASTROINTESTINAL: 

"HYPERMOTILITY, 

DIARRHEA" 

KIDNEY, URETER, 

AND BLADDER: 

URINE VOLUME 

INCREASED

Personal 

Communication 

from H.B. 

Lackey, 

Chemical 

Products Div., 

Crown 

Zellerbach, 

Camas, WA 

98607, June 9, 

1978Vol. 

09JUN1978, 

U.S. National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 

20894, 

National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services

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