Hydrogen Sulfide → HCID 86734164, compound

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The reaction of methyl oleate with hydrogen sulfide in hexane at -70° for 4 hours and +25° C. for 7 hours results in the formation of 89% and 57% methyl mercaptostearate, respectively, when catalyzed by boron trifluoride. Methyl linoleate reacts with hydrogen sulfide under the same conditions to form a mixture of the cyclic sufides in yield of 83.8% and 64.5%, respectively. Temperature programmed gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) of the above reaction products reveals that essentially all components are eluted at temperatures below 250° C.

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