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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1986
Akira Onoe, Himeji, JP;
Masao Kawamura, Akashi, JP;
Tadaaki Nishi, Kakogawa, JP;
Kenzo Kobayashi, Kakogawa, JP;
Masato Yoshikawa, Kakogawa, JP;
Seitetsu Kagaku Co., Ltd, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A process for producing polythiobisphenols which comprises: reacting a phenol having the general formula ##STR1## wherein each R independently represents a hydrogen, a halogen or an alkyl, with sulfur monochloride in a polar organic solvent in the presence of a nitrogen-containing organic compound as a catalyst which is selected from the group consisting of tertiary amines, quaternary ammoniums, alkylated acid amides and heteroaromatic compounds, in amounts of about 1-30% by weight based on the amount of the phenol used. As a catalyst, bromine or an alkali metal halide is also usable. A novel process for producing mercaptophenols by the hydrogenolysis of polythiobisphenols in the presence of a nickel catalyst is also disclosed. Raney nickel catalyst which is in advance poisoned with an organosulfur compound in which the sulfur atom has unshared electron pairs is especially effective as a catalyst.