or for example with a purity of 93 to 95 it is also possible to use mercaptobenzthiazoles with a higher purity but this may have a detrimental effect on the economic viability of the process according to the present invention by using the process according to the present invention the benzothiazolyl sulfenamides are obtained with purities gt 99 and in yields of gt 92 of theoretical the rates of conversion with respect to the alkali metal salts of the mercaptobenz thiazole used are gt 99 furthermore it may be advantageous that only very small amounts of chloride ions are formed during the process according to the present invention which means that the process is environmentally friendly when compared with a process which uses only chlorine or only sodium hypochlorite as oxidizing agent although in the process according to the present invention oxidation is performed mainly with hydrogen peroxide and only small amounts of sodium hypochlorite are used it is regarded as surprising that the benzothiazolyl sulfenamides are obtained in the high qualities described with exceptionally high yields and high rates of conversion starting from the alkali metal salts of mercaptobenzthiazole 995 94 g of an aqueous 20 strength solution of sodium 2 mercaptobenzthiazole were placed in a reactor and 139 35 g of cyclohexylamine 100 strength were added to this aqueous solution with intensive.