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What is a xanthate?

What is a xanthate? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.
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A composition which comprises a mixture of a tetrabenzylthiuram sulphide and one or both of a dihydrocarbyl xanthogen polysulphide and a xanthate selected from metal hydrocarbylxanthates and dihydrocarbylxanthates.
This article will discuss xanthate accelerators in vulcanization systems for isobutylene-based elastomers.
With a supply of mixed alcohols available, Alan Vanterpool, Jean Watt and Ken Nelson developed a process which allowed Chemcell to enter the xanthate market.
After the alkali cellulose has aged, carbon disulfide is added to form cellulose xanthate, which is dissolved in sodium hydroxide.
Cellulose xanthate is produced from wood cellulose in reaction with sodium hydroxide and carbon disulfide.
Xanthate anions and protonated xanthic acid contain a free thiol moiety and are highly reductive.

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