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Mercaptobenzothiazole
2-Mercaptobenzothiazole is an organosulfur compound with the formula C6H4(NH)SC=S. A white solid, it is a reagent in organic synthesis and, notably, for the sulfur vulcanization of rubber.
The molecule is planar in shape, with a C=S double bond, so the name mercaptobenzothiazole is a misnomer; a more appropriate name could be benzothiazoline-2-thione. Solution measurements by NMR spectroscopy could not identify the presence of the thiol tautomer that the name implies, instead it exists as a thione/dithiocarbamate and the hydrogen appears on the nitrogen in the gas-phase, solid state, and in solution. Theory indicates that the thione tautomer is about 39 kJ/mol lower in energy than the thiol, and a hydrogen-bonded dimer of the thione has even lower energy. At alkaline pH greater than 7 the deprotonated thiolate form is most abundant. A protonated form could not be observed in the pH range 2-11.
The compound has been produced by many methods. Industrially, MBT is synthesised by the Kelly process (U.S. Pat. No. 1,631,871), whereby Sulfur, aniline and carbon disulfide are reacted under elevated pressure at elevated temperatures in a batch reactor. The industrial route entails the high temperature reaction of aniline and carbon disulfide in the presence of sulfur, which proceeds by this idealized equation:
The traditional route is the reaction of 2-aminothiophenol and carbon disulfide:
This method was developed by the discoverer of the compound, A. W. Hoffmann. Other routes developed by Hoffmann include the reactions of carbon disulfide with 2-aminophenol and of sodium hydrosulfide with chlorobenzothiazole. Further synthetic advances were reported in the 1920s that included demonstration that phenyldithiocarbamates pyrolyze to benzothiazole derivative.
Industrially, MBT purification consists of a reprecipitation, wherein crude MBT is dissolved in sodium hydroxide solution, tar-like by-products are decanted off, filtered off or extracted. The aqueous sodium MBT solution is subjected to a further oxidative treatment, if appropriate; the MBT is then precipitated using sulfuric acid and filtered off (cf. German Patent 2,258,484). Unless captured, H2S escapes from the reaction upon completion of the reaction.
The mechanism of the reaction and identification of by-products was clarified by Neal Stuart Isaacs and Fyaz Mahmood Daud Ismail, his postdoctoral colleague, working at Reading University between 1989 and 1991 This process has been converted from batch to flow and optimised using chemometric methods. Shandong Yanggu Huatai Co., Ltd., is operating this optimised process at a 10,000-ton-scale MBT production plant. The simulation results allowed optimisation to a green synthesis of MBT, with optimal industrial production and, therefore, reducing pollution from this important industrial process.
The compound is insoluble in water but dissolves upon the addition of base, reflecting deprotonation. Treatment with Raney nickel results in monodesulfurization, giving benzothiazole:
Mercaptobenzothiazole
2-Mercaptobenzothiazole is an organosulfur compound with the formula C6H4(NH)SC=S. A white solid, it is a reagent in organic synthesis and, notably, for the sulfur vulcanization of rubber.
The molecule is planar in shape, with a C=S double bond, so the name mercaptobenzothiazole is a misnomer; a more appropriate name could be benzothiazoline-2-thione. Solution measurements by NMR spectroscopy could not identify the presence of the thiol tautomer that the name implies, instead it exists as a thione/dithiocarbamate and the hydrogen appears on the nitrogen in the gas-phase, solid state, and in solution. Theory indicates that the thione tautomer is about 39 kJ/mol lower in energy than the thiol, and a hydrogen-bonded dimer of the thione has even lower energy. At alkaline pH greater than 7 the deprotonated thiolate form is most abundant. A protonated form could not be observed in the pH range 2-11.
The compound has been produced by many methods. Industrially, MBT is synthesised by the Kelly process (U.S. Pat. No. 1,631,871), whereby Sulfur, aniline and carbon disulfide are reacted under elevated pressure at elevated temperatures in a batch reactor. The industrial route entails the high temperature reaction of aniline and carbon disulfide in the presence of sulfur, which proceeds by this idealized equation:
The traditional route is the reaction of 2-aminothiophenol and carbon disulfide:
This method was developed by the discoverer of the compound, A. W. Hoffmann. Other routes developed by Hoffmann include the reactions of carbon disulfide with 2-aminophenol and of sodium hydrosulfide with chlorobenzothiazole. Further synthetic advances were reported in the 1920s that included demonstration that phenyldithiocarbamates pyrolyze to benzothiazole derivative.
Industrially, MBT purification consists of a reprecipitation, wherein crude MBT is dissolved in sodium hydroxide solution, tar-like by-products are decanted off, filtered off or extracted. The aqueous sodium MBT solution is subjected to a further oxidative treatment, if appropriate; the MBT is then precipitated using sulfuric acid and filtered off (cf. German Patent 2,258,484). Unless captured, H2S escapes from the reaction upon completion of the reaction.
The mechanism of the reaction and identification of by-products was clarified by Neal Stuart Isaacs and Fyaz Mahmood Daud Ismail, his postdoctoral colleague, working at Reading University between 1989 and 1991 This process has been converted from batch to flow and optimised using chemometric methods. Shandong Yanggu Huatai Co., Ltd., is operating this optimised process at a 10,000-ton-scale MBT production plant. The simulation results allowed optimisation to a green synthesis of MBT, with optimal industrial production and, therefore, reducing pollution from this important industrial process.
The compound is insoluble in water but dissolves upon the addition of base, reflecting deprotonation. Treatment with Raney nickel results in monodesulfurization, giving benzothiazole:
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