Process for the preparation of 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-mercaptophenol.

摘要

In a process for preparing the 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-mercapto-phenol comprising (i) the sulfonation of 2,6-di-t-butyl-phenol, (ii) the optional preparation of an easily reducible derivative of the thus obtained 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid, and (iii) the reduction of the 2,6-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid or of an easily reducible derivative thereof, the improvement comprising carrying out step (i) with a silylated sulfonating agent.