A PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN ORGANIC TRISULFIDE COMPOUND

摘要

A process for producing an organic trisulfide compound comprises contacting, in the presence of a catalyst, a mercaptan with an organic polysulfide compound to produce a product mixture and optionally contacting the product mixture with an acid wherein the catalyst comprises a base and optionally a surfactant and the organic polysulfide contains about 4 or more sulfur atoms per molecule.