Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corporation

Arun C Bose

Harry E Buckholtz

John C Graham

Thianthrene compounds are prepared by adding sulfur monochloride to an excess of a benzene compound in the presence of aluminum chloride, and reacting to form a thianthrene compound as an insoluble aluminum chloride complex; slurrying the complex in an inert organic liquid; treating the slurry with a Lewis base, such as ammonia to free the thianthrene compound from the complex.

Process for the manufacture of substituted thianthrene based products

In the process for the nuclear chlorination of alkylbenzenes, such as toluene, in the presence of a para-directing catalyst system comprising a substantially iron-free Lewis acid catalyst and thianthrene compound co-catalyst, wherein the reaction mixture is in contact with iron or an alloy thereof, the para-directing effect of the catalyst system is improved by the addition of an amide.

Process for the chlorination of toluene

Thianthrene is prepared by adding sulfur monochloride to an excess of benzene in the presence of aluminum chloride, and reacting at a temperature of 60.degree. to 80.degree. C to form thianthrene as an insoluble thianthrene-aluminum chloride complex; separating the complex by filtration, slurrying the complex in an inert organic liquid; treating the slurry with a Lewis base, such as ammonia to free the thianthrene from the complex and recovering a relatively high purity thianthrene product.

Process for the manufacture of thianthrene

Thianthrene in monochlorotoluene, is reacted with excess chlorine in the presence of a Lewis acid catalyst, to yield a mixture of chlorothianthrenes, the major component of which is 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorothianthrene. Recrystallization of the chlorothianthrene mixture from a suitable solvent, such as tetrahydrofuran yields 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorothianthrene of greater than 90 percent purity.

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