Hydrogen Sulfide → Bis(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)sulfide

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185 g (2.0 mol) of epichlorohydrin, 10 ml of toluene and 0.97 g of tetra-n-butylammonium bromide were mixed together, and 35 g (1.0 mol) of hydrogen sulfide was blown into the mixture with stirring with the temperature of the solution being maintained at 20 to 25° C. After that, extraction was carried out using toluene to distil away the solvent, thereby obtaining 210 g (0.96 mol, yield: 96%) of bis(3-chloro-2-hydroxypropyl)sulfide (the compound represented by formula (1) above).

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