The invention belongs to the field of
fine chemical engineering, and particularly discloses a method for preparing tert-dodecyl mercaptan by using a high-boiling residue byproduct of a
nonene device, which comprises the following steps: purifying and refining the high-boiling residue byproduct of the
nonene device as a
raw material through vacuum rectification, collecting fractions at 70-90 DEG C under the conditions that the vacuum degree is 95-98kPa and the
reflux ratio is 3-5 as a dodecene
raw material for synthesizing the tert-dodecyl mercaptan, in an absorption
tower type reactor, under the catalytic action of a tubular acidic resin catalyst, tert-dodecanethiol is subjected to reverse contact and chemical absorption with
hydrogen sulfide, tert-dodecanethiol is continuously synthesized, the highest conversion per pass can reach 87%, and the selectivity is close to 100%. Due to the adoption of the packed
tower type structure, the difficulty in designing, manufacturing and operating the reactor is greatly reduced, and the temperature rise can be controlled through the circulation of materials after the reaction. The method not only solves the problem of
raw material source of tert-dodecanethiol, but also makes full use of the high-boiling residue byproduct of the
nonene device, and greatly improves the economic benefit and market core competitiveness of the nonene device.