Dithionous acid is a sulfur oxoacid with the chemical formula H2S2O4. It has not been observed experimentally.[2] It is the conjugate base of the dithionite dianion, S2O42-. Dithionite is a well-known reducing agent.

  • Dithionic acid (H2S2O6), another unstable protonated sulfur oxide, derived from dithionate.

References

  1. ^ Catherine E. Housecroft; Alan G. Sharpe (2008). "Chapter 16: The group 16 elements". Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd Edition. Pearson. p. 520. ISBN 978-0-13-175553-6.
  2. ^ Drozdova, Yana; Steudel, Ralf; Hertwig, Roland H.; Koch, Wolfram; Steiger, Thomas (1998). "Structures and Energies of Various Isomers of Dithionous Acid, H2S2O4, and of Its Anion HS2O4- 1". The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 102 (6): 990–996. Bibcode:1998JPCA..102..990D. doi:10.1021/jp972658d.


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