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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
James E Shaw, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
568 26 ; 568 21 ;
Abstract
A process for producing an organic polysulfide compound comprises contacting, in the presence of a catalyst, a mercaptan with elemental sulfur to produce a product medium and contacting the product medium with a material comprising carbon dioxide or a carbon dioxide-generating compound wherein the catalyst comprises a base and optionally a surfactant and the organic polysulfide contains about 3 or more sulfur atoms per molecule.