摘要 |
The invention relates to a novel thiol compound useful as a starting material for optical materials that have a high refractive index and a high Abbe's number; and a method for efficiently producing the same. The thiol compound is represented by the general formula (1) : <CHEM> wherein n is 1 or 2, and the method for producing a thiol compound represented by the general formula (1) comprises the use of 1,3,5-trithiane having a methylene or vinyl group simultaneously at the 2,4,6-positions thereof as an intermediate. |