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tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate provided according to this invention is a novel compound having the following formula ( i ): ## str1 ## tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate ( hereinafter referred to as the compound of this invention ) having the above - shown formula ( i ) is in the form of white crystals having a peculiar odor with a melting point of 64 °- 66 ° c . and is stable in the atmosphere . also , this compound is easily soluble in acetone , benzene , chloroform , carbon tetrachloride and acetetic acid esters but scarcely soluble in petroleum type low - boiling solvents , ethanol and water . this compound can be produced from a radical addition reaction of thiolacetic acid ( thioacetic acid ) to triallyl isocyanurate as depicted by the following reaction formula ( ii ): ## str2 ## the said addition reaction for preparing the compound of this invention is carried out at a temperature of 0 ° to 150 ° c . in at least one solvent selected from hydrocarbons , ethers , ketones , lower fatty acids , esters , halogenated hydrocarbons , nitriles and acid amides . in order to promote said addition reaction to elevate the yield of the objective compound , the said reaction may be carried out ( 1 ) under application of the ultraviolet rays in the presence of a ketone compound as sensitizer , ( 2 ) at a temperature of 50 °- 150 ° c . in the presence of a non - oxidative organic radical reaction catalyst , or ( 3 ) under application of the ultraviolet rays in the co - presence of a ketone compound as sensitizer and a non - oxidative organic radical reaction catalyst . the hydrocarbons usable as solvent in performing the said reaction according to this invention include : petroleum ethers , benzine , ligroin , gasoline , kerosine , light oil , pentane , hexane , heptane , octane , cyclohexane , methylcyclohexane , benzene , toluene , xylene , trimethylbenzene , ethylbenzene and cumene , and the ethers also usable for the said purpose include dimethyl ether , diethyl ether , dipropyl ether , dibutyl ether , methyl ethyl ether , methyl propyl ether , methyl butyl ether , anisole , phenetole , methylal , ethylal , tetrahydrofuran , dioxane , dimethoxyethane , diethoxyethane , methoxyethyl acetate and ethoxymethyl acetate . examples of the ketone compounds usable as solvent in the said reaction include acetone , methyl ethyl ketone , diethyl ketone , dipropyl ketone , methyl propyl ketone , methyl butyl ketone , cyclopentanone , cyclohexanone , acetophenone and methylacetophenone , and examples of the lower fatty acids include formic acid , acetic acid , propionic acid and butyric acid . the esters usable in this invention include methyl formate , ethyl formate , propyl formate , butyl formate , amyl formate , methyl acetate , ethyl acetate , propyl acetate , butyl acetate , methyl propionate , ethyl propionate , propyl propionate , methyl butyrate , propyl butyrate , butyl butyrate , ethylene glycol diacetate , propylene glycol diacetate , butylene glycol diacetate , glycerin triacetate and methylene diacetate , and the halogenated hydrocarbons include methylene chloride , chloroform , carbon tetrachloride , methane fluoride chloride ( freon ), ethane fluoride chloride ( freon ), ethylene chloride , trichlene , perchlene , methylchloroform , dichloropropane , chloroalkane , chlorobenzene , dichlorobenzene and chlorotoluene , and the examples of acid amides are acetonitrile , benzonitrile , formamide , dimethylformamide and dimethylacetamide . these solvents may be used either singly or in combination of two or more . also , they may be used in all compound forms such as n -, iso -, secondary , tertiary , ortho -, meta - and para -. among these solvents , the following are preferred in industrially practicing the said addition reaction according to this invention : petroleum ether , benzine , ligroin , gasoline , hexane , heptane , cyclohexane , benzene , toluene , xylene , ethyl ether , dipropyl ether , dimethoxyethane , tetrahydrofuran , dioxane , acetone , methyl ethyl ketone , methyl butyl ketone , formic acid , acetic acid , methyl formate , methyl acetate , methylene chloride , chloroform , carbon tetrachloride , methylchloroform , chlorobenzene , acetonitrile and dimethylformamide . particularly , the ketone compounds can further promote the reaction since they act as a sensitizer as said before . in case of using the above - cited substances other than the ketone compounds as solvent , the following ketone compounds may be incorporated as sensitizer : acetone , methyl ethyl ketone , diethyl ketone , dipropyl ketone , dibutyl ketone , methyl propyl ketone , methyl butyl ketone , mesityl oxide , cyclopentanone , cyclohexanone , acetophenone , propiophenone , butyrophenone , benzophenone , dibenzyl ketone , halogen - oacetophenone , methylacetophenone , methoxyacetophenone , dimethylaminoacetophenone , nitroacetophenone , hydroxyacetophenone , anthraquinone , naphthoquinone , benzoquinone , cumoquinone , benzanthraquinone , fluorenone , benzyl , benzoin , nitrofluorein , dinitrofluorein , nitroacenaphthene , benzoylacenaphthene , acethylacetone , diacetyl , benzoylacetone , dibenzoyl , acetoacetic acid ester , methylbenzophenone , halogenobenzophenone , methoxybenzophenone , dimethylaminobenzophenone , aminobenzophenone , nitrobenzophenone , hydroxybenzophenone , and one or a mixture of the compounds selected from the group consisting of acyl halides , anhydrous organic acids and polyacylated compounds derived from ketene by a friedel - crafts reaction . among these ketone compounds , acetone , methyl ethyl ketone , acetophenone , benzophenone or their nuclear substituents are particularly preferred for use as sensitizer because of availability at low cost . the term &# 34 ; non - oxidative organic radical reaction catalyst &# 34 ; used for promoting the said addition reaction according to this invention referes to the radical reaction catalysts excluding those which can act as oxidizer such as oxygen , ozone , persulfates , percarbonates , perchlorates , perborates , permanganates , organic peracids , hydrogen peroxide and peroxides exclusive of ozonides , and the examples of such organic radical reaction catalysts are : benzoyl peroxide , para - ( or ortho - or meta -) chlorobenzoyl peroxide , para - ( or ortho - or meta -) methylbenzoyl peroxide , para - methoxy - benzoyl peroxide , para - nitrobenzoyl peroxide , methyl ethyl ketone peroxide , cumene hydroperoxide , tert - butyl hydroperoxide , di - tert - butyl peroxide , caproyl peroxide , isooctanoyl peroxide , lauroyl peroxide , methyl isobutyl ketone peroxide , cyclohexanone peroxide , acetyl peroxide , propionyl peroxide , 2 , 4 - dichlorobenzoyl peroxide , tert - butylcumyl peroxide , dicumyl peroxide , tert - butyl peracetate , diisopropyl peroxydicarbonate , di - sec - butyl peroxydicarbonate , azobis - 2 , 4 - dimethylvaleronitrile , azobis - 2 - methylbutyronitrile , azobis - isobutyronitrile , 2 , 2 &# 39 ;- azobis -( 2 - amidinopropane ) dihydrochloride , azobis - 2 - cycloalkylidene cyanide and the compounds of the type in which the said cyano groups have been converted into carbomethoxyl or carboethoxyl groups . these compounds may be used either singly or in combination as the said organic radical reaction catalyst . the ultraviolet rays used for promoting the reaction in this invention are those having a wavelength ( λ ) of 200 - 500 nm , preferably 250 - 400 nm , and the ordinary ultraviolet lamp , mercury lamp , fluorescent lamp , xenon lamp , tungsten lamp , sun rays or arc lamp may be used for the said purpose . in preparation of tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate according to the above - shown reaction formula ( ii ), triallyl isocyanurate used as a starting material is preferably one having a purity of at least 95 %. particularly , it is advised to select a material whose contents of primary amine , secondary amine and triallyl cyanurate are minimized . the thiolacetic acid used for the addition reaction with the said triallyl isocyanurate is one synthesized by a reaction of hydrogen sulfide with acetic anhydride , and it is possible to use commercially available thiolacetic acid as well as an acetic acid solution of thiolacetic acid obtained by reacting acetic anhydride and hydrogen sulfide . it is desirable that the thiolacetic acid used here should contain no such impurities as sulfur oxides , sulfuric acid and alkali sulfides . in the said addition reaction for synthesizing tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate according to this invention , since the starting material triallyl isocyanurate is having unsaturated functional groups , is per se highly polymeric , there is a risk of causing by - production of 2 - acetylthiopropyl compounds and / or side reactions such as allyl rearrangement reaction or dimerization reaction due to formation of thioether . in this invention , therefore , in order to prevent such side reactions , there are used triallyl isocyanurate ( starting material ) and thiolacetic acid of high purity as said above , and also the reaction is carried out in the presence of a solvent such as cited above and under a specified temperature condition . it is also attempted to add a sensitizer and a non - oxidative organic radical reaction catalyst such as mentioned above and to apply the ultraviolet rays . the addition reaction in this invention is carried out under a temperature condition of 0 °- 150 ° c ., preferably 5 °- 100 ° c . if the reaction temperature is below 0 ° c ., the reaction is sluggish and a long time is required till it is completed , so that air might be absorbed into the reaction system during such a long time reaction to give rise to excessive side reaction products such as said above . on the other hand , if the reaction temperature exceeds 150 ° c ., it becomes necessary to elevate the pressure applied to the reaction system because the boiling point of thiolacetic acid , which is one of the reaction material , is 93 ° c ., and this promotes polymerization of triallyl isocyanurate which is the other reaction material . as the solvents used in this invention , such as mentioned above , are inert to the reaction materials , there is no fear of inducing any unexpected side - reaction , and also there is little chance of air absorption into the reaction system because of low air solubility . it is to be noted in this connection that such substances as water , alcohol , nitrohydrocarbons , aldehydes , dimethyl sulfoxide , dimethyl sulfone , tetramethyl sulfone and tertiary amines , which are often used as solvent for the synthesis of organic compounds , can cause unexpected reactions with thiolacetic acid or may partially oxidize thiolacetic acid , and moreover , they have high air solubility , so that these solvents can not be used singly in this invention . it is , however , possible to use these substances in admixture with the solvents employed in this invention provided that the said substances are mixed in an amount not exceeding 30 %. the sensitizers used in this invention , such as above - mentioned , are excited by absorbing light in the reaction system and the energy thus absorbed is transferred into the reaction materials to expedite the addition reaction of this invention . it should be understood , therefore , that the said sensitizers are essentially different from the optical catalysts which do not absorb effective light but merely act to promote the reaction . the ketone compounds employed as a sensitizer for this purpose are preferably used in an amount of 0 . 1 to 10 % by weight based on the reaction mixture , and in case of using a protonic solvent such as acetic acid as solvent in the reaction system of this invention , it is desirable to increase the loading of such solvent . the non - oxidative organic radical reaction catalyst used in this invention serves as a radical initiator of the addition reaction of this invention . in case of using such catalyst , the reaction temperature is preferably adjusted to 50 °- 150 ° c ., more preferably 50 °- 120 ° c ., at which the said catalyst is decomposed in the reaction mixture . the amount of the said radical reaction catalyst added is preferably within the range of 0 . 05 - 5 . 0 % by weight based on the reaction mixture . it should be noted that too much loading of the catalyst or too high reaction temperature induces polymerization of triallyl isocyanurate itself to cause resinification . application of ultraviolet rays in this invention has a role of supplying the electronic energies required to elevate the ground state of the reaction material thiolacetic acid or trially isocyanurate to their excited state , and consequently , the said reaction materials are thus activated to undergo the desired reaction . according to this invention , tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate can be produced in a high yield , without inducing substantially any side - reaction , by reacting triallyl isocyanurate and thiolacetic acid under the said reaction conditions for a period of about 10 to 1 , 000 minutes under the normal pressure or by applying only a slight pressure of less than 10 atm . by using an ordinary reaction apparatus . the tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate preparation process according to this invention may be either batch type or continuous type . in the case of the batch type process , in view of the structural formula of tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate , it is essential for improving the yield of the objective product to feed thiolacetic acid in an amount of 3 mols or more to 1 mol of triallyl isocyanurate into the reactor , but in certain types of reaction operation ( for example , in the case of a continuous system ), thiolacetic acid may be initially fed into the first stage reactor in an amount of 30 to 60 % by weight of the total amount of thiolacetic acid to be reacted , and the remaining amount of thiolacetic acid may be reacted in the second and / or third stage reactor . the reaction product is further subjected to a necessary chemical treatment such as distillation , extraction or recrystallization to separate tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate from the said reaction products . the reaction of the said hydrolysis may be accomplished by acidic hydrolysis , neutral hydrolysis or alkaline hydrolysis . the acidic hydrolysis can be performed by using a non - oxidative mineral acid such as hydrochloric acid , sulfuric acid , phosphoric acid , etc ., as catalyst at a reaction temperature of 20 °- 110 ° c . and with an acid concentration of about 0 . 2 - 150 %. the neutral hydrolysis is performed under pressure in hot water of higher than 100 ° c ., but the solution becomes acidic as acetic acid is librated . the alkaline hydrolysis is carried out at 40 °- 120 ° c . in the presence of ammonia water , sodium hydroxide , potassium hydroxide , sodium carbonate , potassium carbonate , calcium hydroxide , calcium carbonate or the like . when a calculated amount of an alkali exists , an alkali acetate is produced , but in case an excess amount of an alkali exists , there is produced the corresponding mercaptide , so that , in this case , it needs to acidify the reaction product after completion of the reaction to liberate mercaptan . any of the said reactions can be accomplished relatively easily , but it is free to add a small amount of a surfactant for the purpose of expediting dispersion of the reaction material in water for further accelerating the hydrolysis . the reaction product is subjected to a suitable chemical treatment such as solvent extraction , vapour distillation , oil phase separation , salting - out or centrifugation to separate tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate ester from the said reaction products , and this ester is refined by suitable means such as water washing , drying , decoloring , distillation or recrystallization . what is to be noted here is that the whole operations between hydrolysis and the final refining should preferably be performed under a non - oxidative atmosphere to a maximum possible degree so as to prevent the contamination of the objective product due to mixing of disulfide which may be caused by the presence of the oxidizer . the term &# 34 ; non - oxidative atmosphere &# 34 ; as used herein means a reaction atmosphere excluding oxidizers , such as organic active halogen compounds , hydrogen peroxide , permanganates chromic acid , nitric acid , halogens , organic peracids , persulfuric acid , selenium dioxide , iron chloride , potassium ferricyanide , oxygen ( air ) and ozone , which may oxidize mercaptan when hydrolyzing the reaction product obtained from the reaction of triallyl isocyanurate with thiolacetic acid , that is , tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate , or when refining tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate obtained by the hydrolysis . it is advisable to actually use an inert gas such as nitrogen or argon for the said non - oxidative atmosphere . the hydrolysis is preferably performed on the solvent - removed reaction product containing tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate obtained as said above according to this invention . in the case of acidic hydrolysis for example , the said solvent - removed reaction product is dissolved in methanol , and the solution is mixed with concentrated hydrochloric acid and heated , and then after neutralizing the obtained product , methanol is distilled off in a nitrogen atmosphere to obtain tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate . in the case of alkaline hydrolysis , the solvent - removed reaction product is mixed with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and heated , and after cooling , the resultant product is made acidic with concentrated hydrochloric acid and then subjected to solvent extraction ( by using benzene for example ), and the extract solution thus obtained is distilled under an argon stream to obtain tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate . tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate obtained by hydrolyzing tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate and then refining the hydrolyzed product as said above is a viscous heavy liquid having a slight odor , and this liquid is turned into a glassy liquid upon cooling . this compound is soluble in organic solvents and aqueous alkaline solutions , and when reacted with 2 , 4 - dinitrofluorobenzene , it gives the corresponding trithioether ( melting point : 104 ° c .). as described above , it is possible according to this invention to advantageously produce tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate by first producing as an intermediate tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate by reacting triallyl isocyanurate and thiolacetic acid , and then hydrolyzing this intermediate . the invention is described in further detail hereinbelow by way of the examples thereof . a mixture of 5 . 3 g ( 0 . 021 mol ) of triallyl isocyanurate , 5 . 8 g ( 0 . 076 mol ) of thiolacetic acid and 150 ml of benzene was placed in a reactor provided with a high - pressure mercury lamp , and irradiated with stirring under a nitrogen stream at 25 ° c . for 5 hours . benzene was distilled off from the reaction mixture and the residue was dissolved in methanol and recrystallized therefrom to obtain 0 . 6 g ( 6 . 0 % yield ) of tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate ( i ). this compound was in the form of white needle - like crystals with a melting point of 64 . 0 °- 66 . 0 ° c . and its structure was identified as follows : calcd . for c 18 h 27 n 3 o 6 s 3 : c , 45 . 28 %; h , 5 . 66 %; the calculated and found values agree with each other within the range of errors in the analytical experiment . c ═ o bonds of ═ n -- co -- n ═ and -- s -- co -- ch 3 ), 1130 cm - 1 and the structure and bonding positions of tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate were determined from the foregoing measurements . ( 4 ) synthesis of confirmed compound : tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate ( i ) was put into an alcoholic aqueous solution of potassium hydroxide and boiled , and after adding 2 , 4 - dinitrochlorobenzene , the mixture was again boiled . the reaction mixture was charged into water and the precipitated crystals were collected and recrystallized from alcohol to obtain tris [ 3 -( 2 , 4 - dinitrophenyl )- thiopropyl ] isocyanurate having a melting point of 103 °- 104 ° c . the elemental analysis and the n . m . r . and i . r . tests on this product confirmed that the starting material was obviously tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate ( i ). triallyl isocyanurate ( 124 g ., 0 . 5 mol ), 126 g ( 1 . 7 mols ) mols ) of thiolacetic acid and 1 . 5 litres of acetone serving as solvent / sensitizer were put into a reactor provided with a high - pressure mercury lamp , and the mixture was irradiated with stirring under a nitrogen stream to effect a a reaction at 20 ° c . for 2 hours . then acetone was distilled off from the reaction mixture and the residue was dissolved in methanol and recrystallized therefrom to obtain 230 g ( 96 % yield ) of tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate ( i ). the process of example 2 was repeated but by using 1 . 5 litres of the solvents and the sensitizers shown in table 1 below instead of acetone , consequently obtaining tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate ( i ) in the yields shown in the same table . table 1______________________________________ sensitizer yield of ( i ) solvent ( amount used , g ) (%) ______________________________________toluene benzophenone ( 5 ) 94cyclohexane benzophenone ( 5 ) 96methyl ethyl --* 98ketoneacetophenone --* 99acetic acid p - chlorobenzophenone ( 10 ) 90chloroform p - methylbenzophenone ( 10 ) 88______________________________________ ( note ) *: the solvent doubled as sensitizer . triallyl isocyanurate ( 5 . 3 g ., 0 . 021 mol ) and an acetic acid solution containing 5 . 8 g ( 0 . 076 mol ) of thiolacetic acid ( a reaction solution obtained according to the method described in organic synthesis , vol . 31 , p . 105 ( 1951 ), by blowing hydrogen sulfide into acetic anhydride ) were put into a sealed pressure - resistant glass tube , and the mixture was reacted at 90 ° c . for 10 hours in the presence of the radical reaction catalysts shown in table 2 below . the reaction mixture was charged into water and subjected to either extraction , and tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate ( i ) was collected by means of distillation of ether and subsequently recrystallization , and the yield was measured . table 2______________________________________radical reaction catalyst ( amount used , g ) yield of ( i ) (%) ______________________________________benzoyl peroxide ( 0 . 01 ) 682 , 4 - dichlorobenzoyl peroxide ( 0 . 01 ) 75azobisisobutyronitrile ( 0 . 02 ) 81azobis - 2 , 4 - dimethylvaleronitrile ( 0 . 02 ) 80cyclohexanone perxoide ( 0 . 01 ) 71dicumyl peroxide ( 0 . 01 ) 65______________________________________ triallyl isocyanurate ( 5 . 3 g ., 0 . 021 mol ), 5 . 8 g ( 0 . 076 mol ) of thiolacetic acid and 10 ml of the solvents as well as the sensitizers or radical reaction catalysts shown in table 3 below were put into a sealed pressure - resistant glass tube and the mixture was reacted at 60 ° c . for 4 hours under the direct sun - beam and then treated in a similar manner to example 4 , whereby tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate ( i ) was obtained in the yields shown in table 3 . table 3______________________________________ sensitizer or radical yield ofsolvent catalyst ( amount used , g ) ( i ) (%) ______________________________________benzene acetone ( 0 . 5 ) 75xylene methyl isobutyl ketone ( 0 . 7 ) 62dimethoxyethane acetophenone ( 0 . 8 ) 78tetrahydrofuran benzophenone ( 0 . 8 ) 80carbon benzoyl peroxide ( 0 . 01 ) 52tetrachloridechlorobenzene azobisisobutyronitrile ( 0 . 01 ) 66ethyl acetate p - methoxyacetophenone ( 0 . 4 ) 69n - heptane o - methylacetophenone ( 0 . 5 ) 68acetonitrile dibenzyl ketone ( 1 . 0 ) 84dimethylformamide p , p - dimethoxybenzophenone ( 0 . 4 ) 73acetone nitrofluorenone ( 0 . 5 ) 92ether / acetone anthraquinone ( 0 . 5 ) 85 ( 1 : 1 ) ______________________________________ triallyl isocyanurate ( 10 . 5 g ., 0 . 042 mol ), 10 . 5 g ( 0 . 138 mol ) of thiolacetic acid , 0 . 5 g ( 0 . 002 mol ) of benzoyl peroxide , 0 . 04 g ( 0 . 0002 mol ) of benzophenone and 300 ml of benzene were put into a reactor provided with a high - pressure mercury lamp and a pyrex clear chemical glass filter , and the mixture was irradiated with stirring under a nitrogen stream at 25 ° c . for one hour . benzene was distilled off and recovered from the reaction mixture and the residue was dissolved in methanol and recrystallized therefrom to obtain 18 . 6 g ( 97 . 5 % yield ) of tris ( 3 - acetylthiopropyl ) isocyanurate ( i ). triallyl isocyanurate ( 124 g ), 126 g of thiolacetic acid , 1 , 000 g of acetone and 500 g of acetic acid were put into a flask so designed as to allow application of ultraviolet rays , and the mixture was reacted at 30 ° c . for 100 minutes under irradiation of ultraviolet rays . the reaction mixture was distilled under reduced pressure to recover 950 g of acetone and 470 g of acetic acid , and the residue was dissolved in about 10 times as much amount of methanol , then treated with 50 g of centrated hydrochloric acid and refluxed under boiling for 6 hours . then the reaction mixture was neutralized by adding anhydrous sodium carbonate and passed through a column packed with neutral active alumina . methanol was distilled off under a nitrogen stream from the obtained methanol solution and the residue was dried under reduced pressure to obtain tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate with m . p . of - 27 to - 26 ° c . and n d 29 1 . 5561 in a yield of approximately 98 %. anal . calcd . for c 12 h 21 n 5 o 3 s 3 : c , 41 . 03 %; h , 5 . 98 %; n , 11 . 97 %; s , 27 . 35 %. found : c , 41 . 28 %; h , 6 . 08 %; n , 11 . 63 %; s , 27 . 10 %. this compound was identified as tris ( 2 , 4 - dinitrophenyl ) thioether ( m . p .= 104 ° c .) from the reaction with 2 , 4 - dinitrochlorobenzene or 2 , 4 - dinitrofluorobenzene . the n . m . r . and i . r . spectra of tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate were as follows : triallyl isocyanurate ( 124 g ), an acetic acid solution containing 120 g of thiolacetic acid ( a solution obtained by dissolving hydrogen sulfide in acetic anhydride according to the method shown in organic synthesis , vol . 4 , p . 928 ( 1967 ), john wiley and sons , inc .) and 200 g of methyl ethyl ketone were put into a flask so designed as to allow irradiation of ultraviolet rays , and the mixture was stirred at 25 °- 35 ° c . for 28 hours under irradiation of ultraviolet rays and then distilled under reduced pressure to recover the substantial portions of acetic acid and methyl ethyl ketone , and the residue was mixed with 400 ml of a 5 % aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and boiled for one hour . after cooling , the reaction mixture was made acidic with concentrated hydrochloric acid and extracted with benzene and the extract solution was dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate and distilled under an argon stream , whereby tris ( 3 - mercaptopropyl ) isocyanurate was obtained as a viscous distillation residue . this residue was decolored and refined by using active carbon and activated clay to obtain an oily substance with m . p . of - 27 ° to - 26 ° c . and n d 29 1 . 5559 in a yield of about 92 %. this substance was identified as 2 , 4 - dinitrophenyl ether .

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