Patent ID: 11897835
Assignee: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC C  B  G | IPC B  C  G

Claim 5:
6. The method for producing an organic mercapto compound or an intermediate thereof according to claim 3,
wherein the alcohol compound is represented by General Formula (1), and
the reaction step comprises a step of reacting the alcohol compound represented by General Formula (1) with the thioamide compound represented by General Formula (2) under acidic conditions to obtain a thioester represented by General Formula (4A) as an intermediate via an isothioamide compound represented by General Formula (3A) or a salt thereof,

Q1OHn  (1)

wherein in Formula (1), Q1 is an n-valent organic group including a sulfur atom and having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and n is an integer of 1 to 10, wherein in Formula (3A), R1, R2, and R3 respectively have the same meanings as those in General Formula (2), Q2A has the same meaning as Q1 in General Formula (1), and n has the same meaning as n in General Formula (1)

Q3A(SC(═O)—R1)n(4A)

wherein in General Formula (4A), n has the same meaning as n in General Formula (1), R1 has the same meaning as R1 in General Formula (2), and Q3A has the same meaning as Q1 in General Formula (1).