Mobay Corporation

Bayer Aktiengesellschaft

Mobay Chemical Corporation

Dietmar B Westphal

Dennis E Jackman

Thomas Schmidt

Gary W Combs

Thiocarbohydrazide (TCH) is made by reacting carbon disulfide and hydrazine in the presence of a mercaptan at an elevated temperature. The TCH is removed from the reaction mixture, the mother liquor is further treated to form HDTC which is further reacted to form TCH and the mother liquor is recycled. A major advantage of this process is the recyclability of the mother liquor without reduction in TCH yield.

Process for the production of thiocarbohydrazide

TCH is produced in two stages. In the first stage, carbon disulfide and excess hydrazine are reacted in the presence of a mercaptan and optionally a strong base or an amine other than hydrazine. Carbon disulfide and a strong base (if none was present during the first stage) are then added to the reaction mixture which is further reacted to complete the formation of TCH.

In the production of an S-substituted isothiourea including the functional group ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl radical, wherein a thiourea including the functional group ##STR2## is reacted with an etherifying agent to replace H by R.sup.1, the improvement which comprises effecting the reaction in two steps, in the first step reacting the thiourea material with an etherifying agent including the radical R in which

Production of S-substituted isothioureas

In the production of an S-substituted isothiourea including the function group ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl radical, wherein a thiourea including the functional group ##STR2## is reacted with an etherifying agent to replace H by R.sup.1, the improvement which comprises effecting the reaction in two steps, in the first step reacting the thiourea material with an etherifying agent including the radical R in which

A process for the production of an S-substituted isothiourea including the functional group ##STR1## in which R.sup.1 is an alkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl radical, comprising reacting a thiourea including the functional group ##STR2## with an alpha-activated etherifying agent of the formula

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Dietmar B Westphal