| abstract |
There are prepared reaction products of a. 4,4-bis-(hydroxymethyl)-cyclohexene compounds of the formula R3H ANGLE C ANGLE ¦ R2-C¦CH-R4 (I) PARALLEL ¦¦ PARALLEL X¦ ¦¦CH2OH ¦ R1-C¦C ANGLE ANGLE C ANGLE CH2OH R5H where R1, R2 and R4 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 R3 and R5 wherein R3 and R5 are the same or different and are hydrogen, methyl or phenyl with (b) sulfur. The compounds are useful in cross-linking vulcanizable elastomers. |