Ciba-geigy Corporation

Bjorn Elman

Jan-Erik Nystrom

Johan Nyander

Per Engelhardt

Katarina Beierlein

Sonny Jonsson

Mikael Sellen

Ann-Britt Pettersson

Per-Erik Sundell

A process for the production of a 5-7 membered ring cyclic sulfonium salt compound, including a 5-7 membered ring cyclic sulfonium salt compound having a non-nucleophilic anion, is described. Members of the latter group are potentially useful as initiators for cationic polymerizations. The process comprises reacting a 1.4-, 1.5-, or 1.6-diol compound or a 5-7 membered ring cyclic ether compound with a mercapto compound and a strong protonic acid yielding the cyclic sulfonium salt compound. Some compounds described are also novel compounds per se.

Process for the production of cyclic sulfonium salts

Initiators for polymerization

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Marsta, Sweden

Bjorn Elman