Reaction product of 4,4-bis-(hydroxymethyl)-cyclohexene compounds with sulfur

Abstract

There are prepared reaction products of (a) 4,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)-cyclohexene compounds of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 are the same or different and are hydrogen, methyl or phenyl and there is also present either (1) X as the bridging member methylene or ethylene or (2) X is absent and there are present both R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and are hydrogen, methyl or phenyl with (b) sulfur. The compounds are useful in cross-linking vulcanizable elastomers.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.