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Alkali Treatment. Caustic washing is the treatment of materials, usually products from petroleum refining, with solutions of caustic soda. The process consists of mixing a water solution of lye (sodium hydroxide or caustic soda) with a petroleum fraction. The treatment is carried out as soon as possible after the petroleum fraction is distilled, since contact with air forms free sulfur, which is corrosive and difficult to remove. The lye reacts either with any hydrogen sulfide present to form sodium sulfide, which is soluble in water, or with mercaptans, foUowed by oxidation, to form the less nocuous disulfides. 

Hydrogen Sulfide andMercaptans. Hydrogen sulfide and propylene oxide react to produce l-mercapto-2-propanol and bis(2-hydroxypropyl) sulfide (69,70). Reaction of the epoxide with mercaptans yields 1-aLkylthio- or l-arylthio-2-propanol when basic catalysis is used (71). Acid catalysts produce a mixture of primary and secondary hydroxy products, but ia low yield (72). Suitable catalysts iaclude sodium hydroxide, sodium salts of the mercaptan, tetraaLkylammonium hydroxide, acidic 2eohtes, and sodium salts of an alkoxylated alcohol or mercaptan (26,69,70,73,74). 

Sulfur reacts with mercaptans ia the presences of basic catalysts at temperatures of 75—105°C, forming sulfides. These sulfides are usually light ia color and are formed without cross-linking. The sulfurization of mercaptans leads to di-, tri-, or higher polysulfides, depending on the mole ratio used (eqs. 5 and 6). An extensive Hst of references to the sulfurization of mercaptans is available (8). 

The original SBR process is carried out at. 50° C and is referred to as hot polymerization. It accounts for only about 5% of aU the mbber produced today. The dominant cold polymerization technology today employs more active initiators to effect polymerization at about 5°C. It accounts for about 85% of the products manufactured. Typical emulsion polymerization processes incorporate about 75% butadiene. The initiators are based on persulfate in conjunction with mercaptans (197), or organic hydroperoxide in conjunction with ferrous ion (198). The rest of SBR is produced by anionic solution polymerization. The density of unvulcanized SBR is 0.933 (199). The T ranges from —59" C to —64 C (199). 

In this work the results of reseai ch common sorbtion-X-Ray-fluorescence analysis of Pb(II), Cd(II), Zn(II) and Mo(VI) with preconcentration on complexing chemical silica gel modified with mercaptane groups and modified with 8-hydroxyquinoline were described. The conditions and limits of determination of the X-Ray-fluorescence method in the thin lawyers ai e discussion. 

As indicated by the insolubility and inertness of HgS, Hg has a great affinity for sulfur. HgO reacts vigorously with mercaptans (which is why... 

Transfer constants for mercaptans with several monomers are given in Table XV. Results for the two methods described above are in satisfactory agreement. The rate of reaction with mercaptan relative to the rate of monomer addition (i.e., the transfer constant) varies considerably for different chain radicals (see Table XIV). Temperature coefBcients of the transfer constants for mercaptans are very small, which fact indicates that the activation energy for removal of a hydrogen atom from the sulfhydryl group of a mercaptan is nearly equal to that for monomer addition. 

Let us now discuss some of the characteristics of this quenching with mercaptans and disulfides. Interestingly, both sulfur derivatives are equally effective in inhibiting the photoreduction and are in fact interconverted during the reaction. The same equilibrium mixture of mercaptan and disulfide is obtained regardless of which was initially added to the reaction mixture. Furthermore, there appears to be no appreciable consumption of the sulfur compounds/64 When benzophenone is irradiated in the presence of isopropanol (OD) and mercaptan, isopropanol containing two deuterium atoms is isolated,... 

The highest PGM recovery was achieved using sodium amyl and sodium isobutyl xanthate. Using a mercaptan collector alone gave poor PGM recovery. However, when using xanthate with mercaptan, substantial improvement in PGM recoveries was achieved. 

Research work conducted at the University of Liege was carried out on several ore types that contained hemimorphite and smithsonite. The mercaptan-type collectors were effective with both minerals in the presence of sulphidizer. Although mercaptans floated oxide zinc minerals, the recoveries were not satisfactory. Later in the research work, amine-type collectors were introduced to flotation of oxide zinc minerals with significant improvement in metallurgy over that obtained with mercaptans. 

Transformations of various 2-bromo-substituted derivatives of [l,3,4]thiadiazolo[3,2-tf]pyrimidines are shown in Scheme 27. Thus, reaction of 218 with dimethylamine gave 219 in medium yield <2005JHC1105>, treatment of 220 with mercaptans afforded 221 in good yield <1999IZV1154>, whereas reaction of 222 with hetarylamines and hetarylmercaptanes yielded 223 <1993IZV1954, 1994KGS560>. 

Similarly the chain transfer reactions with mercaptans can be shown as under ... 

The interaction of alkyl halides with mercaptans or alkaline mercaptides prodnces thioalkyl derivatives. This is a typical nncleophilic substitution reaction, and one cannot tell by the nature of products whether or not it proceeds through the ion-radical stage. However, the version of the reaction between 5-bromo-5-nitro-l,3-dioxan and sodium ethylmercaptide can be explained only by the intermediate stage involving electron transfer. As found (Zorin et al. 1983), this reaction in DMSO leads to diethyldisulfide (yield 95%), sodium bromide (quantitative yield), and 5,5 -bis(5-nitro-l,3-dioxanyl) (yield 90%). UV irradiation markedly accelerates this reaction, whereas benzene nitro derivatives decelerate it. The result obtained shows that the process begins with the formation of ethylthiyl radicals and anion-radical of the substrate. Ethylthiyl radicals dimerize (diethyldisulfide is obtained), and anion-radicals of the substrate decompose monomolecularly to give 5-nitro-l,3-dioxa-5-cyclohexyl radicals. The latter radicals recombine and form the final dioxanyl (Scheme 4.4). 

Polyethylene degradation rate enhancement has been claimed for blends with mercaptans,(32) ketones,(32) ethers,(32) and specifically by photodegradation in the presence of benzophenone,(33) and metal promoted oxidations.(34 )... 

The liquid polymer is converted to the rubbery state by reagents that react with mercaptan (-SH) and side groups of the polymer segments by oxidation, addition or condensation to effect sulfide (-S-S-) bond formation. The oxidation reactions are exothermic and accelerated by an alkaline environment. The most commonly employed oxidizing agents which are suitable for curing liquid polymers are cobalt or manganese or lead octoate, p-quinonedioxime and di- or tri-nitrobenzene. Epoxy resin also reacts with liquid polysulfide polymers by addition in the presence of an aliphatic or aromatic amine and polyamide activator as shown in Equation 5.8 ... 

Sulfur monochloride and sulfur dichloride also react with mercaptans, yielding tetra- and trisulfides (eqs. 8 and 9) (11). 

Since sulphur compounds are important in the off-flavour of UHT milk, attempts to improve its flavour have focused on reducing the concentration of these, e.g. by adding thiosulphonates, thiosulphates or cystine (which react with mercaptans) or sulphydryl oxidase, an indigenous milk enzyme (which oxidizes sulphydryls to disulphides Chapter 8). 

With Triethylphosphite. Attempted transesterification of triethyl-phosphite with mercaptans under the catalytic action of ultraviolet light brings about the formation of triethylthionophosphate with... 

Kolthoff, I. M., and I. K. Miller The chemistry of persulfate. III. The reaction of persulfate with mercaptan solubilized in sodium laurate solutions in the presence of unsaturated compounds. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 74, 4419 (1952). 

Reversible blocking of SH groups can be obtained through the formation of unsymmetrical disulfides with a variety of sulfenyl halides, for example, 4-nitrophenylsulfenyI chloride (177), SS cleavage with trisodium phosphorothioate (178), or protection with mercury compounds such as p-mercury benzoic acid (179). In each case the free SH groups can be regenerated with mercaptans. 

Sulfur Derivatives. The reactions of certain fluorescent pigments with mercaptans give photochromic products (65). The photochromism has been interpreted by Fujimori as involving hydrogen-transfer to produce pigment free radicals and RS- radicals. 

The reaction with mercaptans is believed to generate initiating sulfur radicals ... 

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