PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AROMATIC OR HETEROAROMATIC SULFUR COMPOUNDS

摘要

A process for producing an aromatic or heteroaromatic thiol represented by t he following general formula (2): Ar-(-SH)n by hydrolyzing an aromatic or heteroaromatic halomethyl sulfide represented by the following general formu la (1): Ar-(-SCH3-mXm)n, in an industrial manner readily at a low cost, wherein Ar represents an unsubstituted or arbitrarily substituted aromatic or heteroaromatic group; X represents a halogen atom; m represents an integer o f 1 to 3; and n represents 1 or 2.