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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2022
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Thomas Franklin Spilker, Broadview Heights, OH (US);
Ji Yang Jin, Akron, OH (US);
Frank J. Feher, Copley, OH (US);
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a route for synthesizing monofunctional thiuram compounds that is safe, environmentally friendly, and cost effective. This method specifically involves synthesizing a monofunctional thiuram by (1) reacting a tetraorganylthiuram disulfide with an organyl mercaptan to produce the monofunctional thiuram and a dithiocarbamate metal salt or a dithiocarbamate metalloid salt under basic conditions, (2) separating the monofunctional thiuram in an organic phase from the dithiocarbamate metal salt or the dithiocarbamate metalloid salt in an aqueous phase, and (3) recovering the monofunctional thiuram from the aqueous phase. The monofunctional thiuram compounds made in accordance with this invention are of particular value as accelerators for use in the vulcanization of rubber. The use of these monofunctional thiuram compounds as accelerators provides good cure rates and as well as good scorch safety.