PRODUCTION OF THIOPHENOL

摘要

A thiophenol is produced by a process which consists in reacting hydrogen sulfide and a source of hydrogen with a halogenated aromatic compound. The total conversion of the reaction is improved by increasing the reaction temperature as the total conversion decreases optionally independently of the presence of hydrogen. The process produces high yields of thiophenol with low quantities of byproduct aromatic thioethers, particularly diphenyl disulfide.