摘要 |
A process for producing glycidylthio ethers of the formula I <IMAGE> (I) which process comprises reacting epichlorohydrin with a mercaptan of the formula II R-SH (II) in which R can be a radical <IMAGE> wherein R1, R2 and R3 independently of one another are each C1-C18-alkyl, and together contain no more than 22 C atoms, and R2 and R3 are in addition hydrogen, or wherein R is C5-C6-cycloalkyl, phenyl or naphthyl unsubstituted or substituted by C1-C4-alkyl, or is benzyl or furfuryl, or wherein R is C2-C8-alkylene which is substituted by -SH and which can be interrupted by 1 or 2 ether-O atoms, in an equimolar amount, without organic solvent and in the presence of a base, the reaction being performed by the phase-transfer catalysis process, wherein a phase-transfer catalyst is used, at a temperature of -30 DEG C. to +20 DEG C. The glycidyl thioethers thus obtained are compounds that play an important part in the synthesis of organic sulfur compounds, which are used for example as lubricant additives.
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