Decamethylene mercaptan

The following mercaptans are prepared by the same procedure in the yields indicated isobutyl, 56% n-octyl, 73% n-dodecyl, 77% cetyl, 64% /J-phenylethyl, 70% sec-butyl, 64% hexamethylene, 63% and decamethylene, 48%. Double the above molar amounts of hydrobromic acid and thiourea are used in the preparation of hexamethylene and decamethylene mercaptan. 

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