The market demand for t-12-carbon mercaptan is growing rapidly, and the market supply situation will intensify.

Tert-12-carbon mercaptan has strong reducing properties. In my country, tert-12-carbon mercaptan is mainly used as a molecular weight regulator in ABS resin, styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), nitrile rubber (NBR), high-impact polystyrene ( During the polymerization reaction of products such as M-HIPS), tert-dodecyl mercaptan can also be used as a stabilizer and antioxidant to synthesize drugs, surfactants, pesticides, fungicides, lubricants, spices and other products.

Tert-dodecacarbon mercaptan appears as a colorless oily liquid with a foul odor, is insoluble in water, and is soluble in organic solvents such as ethanol, ether, acetone, benzene, gasoline and esters. As one of the important varieties of mercaptan series products, t-12-carbon mercaptan has a wide range of applications. However, due to insufficient production capacity and supply, the market price of tert-12-carbon mercaptan is relatively high, and its application in other fields is subject to certain restrictions.

From the perspective of production technology, the production technology of tert-dodecyl mercaptan includes dodecanol high-temperature pressure method, dodecyl chloride method, dodecene low-temperature and low-pressure method, etc. Among them, dodecanol high-temperature pressure method, dodecane The base chloride method has not yet achieved industrial production. The low-temperature and low-pressure method of dodecene is currently the mainstream production process of tert-dodecyl mercaptan. The relevant raw materials include propylene tetramer, triisobutylene, dodecene, etc. Due to increasingly stringent environmental protection regulations and unstable supply of production raw materials, my country has seen relatively little new production capacity for tertiary carbon mercaptan in recent years.

According to the “2021-2026 China’s tert-12-carbon mercaptan industry market in-depth research and development prospect forecast report released by the Industrial Research Center ” shows that the production of t-12-carbon mercaptan is difficult. my country’s t-12-carbon mercaptan enterprises are small in scale and have weak supply capacity, which is not enough to meet the growing market demand. Therefore, the current market demand for tert-12-carbon mercaptan in my country is Relying on imports, demand mainly comes from the United States, Germany, South Korea, France and other regions. Related companies include American Phillips, Korean Pear Tree, etc.

At present, ABS resin is the largest application scenario of t-12-carbon mercaptan in my country. ABS resin is a thermoplastic polymer material. In recent years, benefiting from my country’s economic growth, ABS resin production capacity has expanded rapidly. By 2020, my country’s ABS Resin production capacity has reached 4.2 million tons and is expected to exceed 9 million tons in 2025. In addition, the production capacity of nitrile rubber and styrene-butadiene rubber is also being continuously released. The rapid expansion of downstream production capacity will drive the continued release of market demand for t-12-carbon mercaptan. In the next five years, my country’s demand for t-12-carbon mercaptan is expected to double.

Industry analysts said that t-12-carbon mercaptan is a fine chemical product with a wide range of downstream applications. However, due to high market prices, Demand relies on imports, and the market application of t-12-carbon mercaptan in my country is greatly restricted. my country’s t-12-carbon mercaptan market is in short supply. Due to environmental protection restrictions, the new production capacity of t-12-carbon mercaptan is limited. As downstream production capacity continues to expand, the supply situation in the tert-12-carbon mercaptan market will become even more dangerous.