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Process for the production of sulfenamides

US4461897A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 24, 1982
Grant dateJul 24, 1984
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Expiry dateSep 24, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07D277/80
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Benzothiazole-2-sulfenamides are prepared by reacting a 2-mercaptobenzothiazole and a primary or secondary amine with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst, for example a metal phthalocyanine, in a reaction medium consisting of (i) a mixture of the amine and water in which the amount of water at the outset of the reaction is from 0.2 to 20% by weight of the mixture, or (ii) a mixture as defined in (i) diluted with an inert organic solvent miscible with the mixture, in a proportion of up to two parts by weight of the inert organic solvent per part by weight of the mixture.

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