Hydrogen Sulfide → 28713-50-0

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1-mercapto-2-phenyl-2-ethanol was prepared from 1000 grams of styrene oxide, 567 grams of H2S and 10 mL of a 20 weight % NaOH solution in methanol. These reactants were pumped into a 1 gallon autoclave reactor and heated from 28° C. to 59° C. during a 1-hour period while the pressure rose from about 350 psig to about 500 psig. At the end of the 1-hour period an additional 20 mL of the NaOH in methanol solution was charged to the autoclave and the reaction mixture was reheated to about 60° C. (at 490 psig) during a 2 hour period. Thereafter, 50 mL of the NaOH/methanol solution was charged to the autoclave and the entire reaction mixture was heated to about 100° C. (at 490 psig) during a period of 50 minutes. Then 50 mL of methanol was added to the autoclave and heating at about 100° C. (400 psig) continued for about 1 hour. 1353 grams of the product, 1-mercapto-2-phenyl-2-ethanol, were recovered.

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