Hexamethylene dimercaptan

Some experiments were conducted to determine whether such oxidizing agents as halogen, nitric acid, or ferric chloride could be used in place of air, but none of these worked as satisfactorily as air in emulsion systems. One experiment on the oxidation of hexamethylene dimercaptan with bromine is described in Preparation 2-4. 

This polymer is linear and similar to that obtained by the reaction of hexamethylene dimercaptan and 1,5-hexadiene but not similar to that for the reaction of hexamethylene dimercaptan and 2,5-dibromohexane (see methyl deformational frequencies at 1375 cm 1225 cm and 1300 cm in Fig. 1). 

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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ ]

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