Yu-Zhen Xue, Xing-Jian Li, Ze-Run Zhao, Hao-Xing Xu, Shun-Guo Fu, Fang-Xiao Wang and Xiao Wang
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Abstract
Disulfiram, a star molecule in the rubber, pharmaceutical and agrochemical industries, has been encountering multiple challenges for its conventional synthesis. In this work, a highly sustainable and efficient MoS2-catalyzed continuous-flow synthesis of TETD has been developed, providing high yield and purity of products upon simple isolation. This process uses O2 and ethanol as a green oxidant and solvent, without any sacrificing redox agent, rendering it fully atom-economic. The packed-bed filled with MoS2 and the co-catalyst Ca(OH)2 is low-leaching and reusable. The structurally similar rubber accelerator tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD) was also synthesized using this method.
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