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mercaptobenzothiazole
chemical compound
Also known as: MBT
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accelerator for vulcanization of rubber
- In accelerator
…until it was displaced by mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) about 1925. Compounds related to MBT have proved especially useful in vulcanizing synthetic rubbers.
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organosulfur compounds
- In organosulfur compound: Thiols
2-Mercaptobenzothiazole is a thiol that finds use as an accelerator in the vulcanization of rubber (see below Disulfides and polysulfides and their oxidized products) and as a corrosion inhibitor, whereas 6-mercaptopurine has been employed in cancer therapy.
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