A method of the invention industrially produces heterocyclic mercapto compounds useful as raw materials or intermediates in the synthesis of medicaments or pesticides, or as permanent wave agent, with a high yield and high productivity using easily available starting materials. A heterocyclic mercapto compound represented by Formula (1) (wherein X represents any structure of —O—, —S—, —NH—, and —NR
1
—; R
1
represents any of an alkyl group, alkoxy group and alkoxyalkyl group each having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; Y represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —NR
2
—; R
2
represents a hydrogen atom or alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and Z
1
represents a divalent organic residue having at least one mercapto group) is produced by reacting a metal sulfide or a metal hydrosulfide with a compound represented by Formula (2) (wherein X and Y are as defined in Formula (1); and Z
2
represents a divalent organic residue having at least one halogen group) in the presence of a solvent at a pH of 7.0 to 11.0.
                            本发明提供了一种工业生产杂环
硫醇化合物的方法,该化合物可用作合成药物或
杀虫剂的原材料或中间体,或用作永久波发剂,使用易得的起始材料高产高效。通过在溶剂存在下,在pH为7.0至11.0的条件下,将
金属
硫化物或
金属氢
硫化物与化合物(式2)(其中X和Y如式(1)中定义,Z2表示至少具有一个卤素基团的二价有机残基)反应,从而制备出由式(1)所代表的杂环
硫醇化合物(其中X表示-O-,-S-,-NH-和-NR1-的任何结构;R1表示具有1至6个碳原子的烷基,烷氧基和烷氧基烷基中的任何一种;Y表示氧原子,
硫原子或-NR2-;R2表示具有1至6个碳原子的氢原子或烷基;Z1表示至少具有一个
硫醇基团的二价有机残基)。