Hydrogen Sulfide → Methyl 3-mercaptopropionate

HRID 1763816Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1763816 reaction equation
[SH2:1].[C:2]([O:6][CH3:7])(=[O:5])[CH:3]=[CH2:4]>[OH-].[NH4+]>[SH:1][CH2:4][CH2:3][C:2]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5].[S:1]([CH2:4][CH2:3][C:2]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5])[CH2:4][CH2:3][C:2]([O:6][CH3:7])=[O:5]

Participants

5

Reactant 2

HCID 402Hydrogen SulfideHCID 7294Methyl Acrylate

Product 2

HCID 18050Methyl 3-mercaptopropionateHCID 777813,3'-Thiobis(methyl propionate)

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 14923Ammonium HydroxideCatalyst

Procedure

reacting hydrogen sulfide with methyl acrylate in the presence of an ammonium hydroxide catalyst to give a mixture comprising methyl 3-mercaptopropionate and dimethyl thiodipropionate; and

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-a9e1152dad754781a4dd1a8e31aab772
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1978_09
Patent number
US04113707

Reaction notes

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