Processes for synthesis of altax

Literature analysis was focused on the existing processes for synthesis of altax (2,2’-dibenzothiazolyldisulfide) as an important rubber vulcanization accelerator. Oxidation of mercaptobenzothiazole (captax) with various oxidants such as oxygen in the presence of catalysts, hydrogen peroxide etc., as well as electrochemical oxidation was shown to be the primary way to altax. The data from literature were the basis to develop a low-tonnage technology for synthesis of altax; the technology was developed at the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis and tested using a pilot setup at the Volgograd Department of BIC.

The scientometric profile of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis

This paper presents the results of a scientometric analysis of the publications of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, over a 60-year period (1958–2017). The current research used the SciAct information system, and the WoS, Scopus, CAPlus and RSCI databases. The main types of catalysts and catalytic processes studied at the Institute are specified, together with the number and citation dynamics of publications, grants supporting the research by domestic and foreign funds, types and languages used in publications, the locations of publications and where they were issued, their authors and affiliations, each publication’s mission and remit, as well as their main bibliometric indicators.

Development of Catalytic Technologies for purification of gases from Hydrogen Sulfide based on direct selective Catalytic Oxidation of H2S to elemental Sulfur

In the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis in cooperation with specialists of All-Russian Institute of Hydrocarbons Raw Materials novel methods of purification of fossil fuels based on oxidation of hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur have been developed. In this paper the results of laboratory and pilot plant testing of the technologies are presented.