Vulcanization Characteristics of Mercaptobenzothiazole Derivatives
Abstract WITHIN the past few years much progress has been made in the development of rubber vulcanization accelerators of the semi-ultra type which exhibit no prevulcanization or scorch during the preliminary processing. Most of the commercially important members of this class are derivatives of mercaptobenzothiazole in which the hydrogen atom of the mercapto group is replaced by an organic substituent. The increasing use of these products can be attributed to their favorable curing characteristics and to the valuable physical properties which they impart to the cured stock. Naunton and his co-workers (4), Twiss and Jones (8), and Shepard (6) discussed a number of these compounds in recent papers. Numerous references to their preparation and use also appear in the patent literature (1,2,3,5,7,10).