A promising new
Du Pont Development Chemical for your consideration
Pentachlorobenzenethiol can help you as an intermediate for herbicides, fungicides and pharmaceuticals A combination of t h e reactive thiol group a n d chlorine in o n e molecule makes Du Pont Pentachlorobenzenethioï a potentially useful intermediate for a number of important products—particularly in the agricultural chemical and pharmaceutical fields. REACTIONS: Pentachlorobenzenethiol reacts as a t y p i cal aromatic thiol with: 1. alkali a n d alkaline earth hydroxides t o form water-soluble metallic salts; 2. various oxidizing agents such a s hydrogen peroxide, potassium ferricyanide a n d sulfur dichloride t o form m o n o , di and polysuufides; 3. acid chlorides o r anhydrides to form thiol esters; 4 . carbonyl compounds t o form
ihioacetals a n d thioketals; 5 . isocyanates t o form thiol urethanes. JUST DROP US A LINE and we'll gladly send our product information on p e n t a c h l o r o b e n z e n e t h i o ï — n o w available in development quantities. We'll also be glad t o send a t e s t sample for your development work if y o u request it. E . I. d u P o n t de N e m o u r s & Co. (Inc.), Organic Chemicals Department, Chemicals Division, Wilmington 98, Delaware. ^Technical
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