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Suppose $S$ is a saturated multiplicative subset, and take $a\notin S$. The principal ideal $(a)$ is disjoint from $S$: otherwise $ra\in S$ would force $a\in S$. The prime ideal avoiding a multiplicative subset argument from Question 1 extends $(a)$ to a prime ideal $P_a$ disjoint from $S$. Thus every point of the complement belongs to such a prime ideal, andIf $S=R$, this is the empty union.

Conversely suppose $R\setminus S$ is a union of prime ideals. If $xy\in S$ and $x\notin S$, some prime ideal in that union contains $x$, and hence $xy$, a contradiction. The same holds for $y$. Thus The saturated complement as a union of prime ideals characterization holds.

For units with no finite prime-union complement, takeProducts of units are units, and a product is a unit only if both factors are units, so $S$ is a saturated multiplicative subset. Every nonunit integer lies in some $(p)$ with $p$ a positive prime, giving $\mathbb{Z}\setminus S={\bigcup }_p(p)$. If finitely many prime ideals sufficed, discard any $(0)$ and write the others as $(p_1),\dots ,(p_r)$. A prime $\ell$ outside this finite list belongs to none of them but is a nonunit, a contradiction. There is always such an $\ell$: a prime divisor of $p_1\cdots p_r+1$ is outside the list.