Akzo N.v.

Klaus Wohlfahrt

Manfred F Bergfeld

Hans-Georg Zengel

Manfred J Bergfeld

Eberhard Aust

Norbert Gutlein

In a process for the preparation of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole from aniline, sulfur and carbon disulfide under pressure and for separation of the 2-mercaptobenzothiazole from the crude reaction product by cooling and recycling the desirable intermediates and by-products into the reactor together with aniline, sulfur and carbon disulfide, the reaction is carried out using a residence time in the reactor of at least one hour to a time before the 2-mercaptobenzothiazole product thus-formed begins to decompose into undesirable intermediate products. A maximum hydrogen sulfide pressure is maintained on quenching to a temperature ranging between 220 and 280.degree. C. by mixing the crude reaction product with carbon disulfide at a temperature sufficient to obtain a homogeneous quenched mixture. The hydrogen sulfide is removed completely only after crystallization of the 2-mercaptobenzothiazole.

Process for the preparation of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole

A process for the preparation of ethane and ethylene by oxidation of methane with oxygen at a temperature of 600.degree. to 900.degree. C., in which lead (II) oxide is used as catalyst (a) dispersed on a carrier of pumice, silicon carbide, zinc oxide, zirconium dioxide, and/or oxides of alkaline-earth elements, or (b) in a mixture with manganese (II) oxide dispersed on a carrier of pumice, silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide, zinc oxide, and/or oxides of alkaline-earth elements, or (c) without a carrier in a mixture with sodium silicate alone or in combination with silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, zirconium dioxide, manganese (II) oxide, zinc oxide, and/or oxides of alkaline-earth elements. Ethane and ethylene are obtained with this process in high selectivities with good catalyst activities.

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Elsenfeld, Germany

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