Abstract: The production of 3-mercapto-propanediol-1,2 is attained with good yields and in an industrially simple manner by reacting liquid hydrogen sulfide with glycidol under pressure, namely either in the presence of aluminum oxide or a sodium aluminum silicate, i.e., in heterogeneous phase or in the presence of an alkali or alkaline earth hydroxide dissolving in reaction medium, i.e. in homogeneous phase.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 9, 1981
Date of Patent:
August 9, 1983
Assignee:
Degussa Aktienbesellschaft
Inventors:
Axel Kleemann, Robert Nygren, Rudolf Wagner