Synlett 2023; 34(01): 57-62
DOI: 10.1055/a-1954-3155
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One-Step Simultaneous Synthesis of an Industrially Important Rubber Accelerator and a Lubricant Additive by Disulfide Bond Contraction

Hao-Xing Xu
a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, ­Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, P. R. of China
,
Shun-Guo Fu
b   Henan EasyJoint New Materials Technology Co., Ltd., Hebi, 458000, Henan, P. R. of China
,
Yu-Hong Tao
a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, ­Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, P. R. of China
,
Peng-Hao Luo
a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, ­Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, P. R. of China
,
Zhi-Qiang Song
c   Hebi Yuanhao Chemicals Co., Ltd., Hebi, 458000, Henan, P. R. of China
,
Yan Zhang
c   Hebi Yuanhao Chemicals Co., Ltd., Hebi, 458000, Henan, P. R. of China
,
Zhi-Liang Zhang
d   Hebi Uhoo New Materials Co., Ltd., Hebi, 458000, Henan, P. R. of China
,
Xiao Wang
a   School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, ­Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, P. R. of China
e   Huaian High Technology Research Institute, Nanjing University, Huaian, 223003, Jiangsu, P. R. of China
› Author Affiliations
We thank Hebi Uhoo New Materials Co., Ltd. for financial support of this project. This work was also supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 21872068) and the Technology Innovation Fund of Nanjing University.


Abstract

A sustainable and atom-economic synthesis of the widely used rubber accelerator tetramethylthiuram monosulfide (TMTM) from tetramethylthiuram disulfide is reported. Triphenyl phosphite (TPPi) is employed as a green reductant to replace the usual sodium cyanide, which poses a severe safety risk due to its high toxicity. The new process proceeds smoothly under mild conditions with an excellent yield of TMTM. This single-step one-pot method also has the potential for producing the industrially important lubricant additive O,O,O-triphenyl thiophosphate as a high-added-value byproduct.

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Publication History

Received: 29 August 2022

Accepted after revision: 30 September 2022

Accepted Manuscript online:
30 September 2022

Article published online:
28 October 2022

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