A sulfenamide vulcanization accelerator is provided that acts satisfactorily slowly on a vulcanization reaction, produces no carcinogenic nitrosamine, and is free from environmental hygiene problems such as bioaccumulation. Also provided is an N-alkyl-N-t-butylbenzothiazole-2-sulfenamide represented by formula [I]. The vulcanization accelerator is a vulcanization
A tire composition with a Shore A hardness, according to DIN 53 505 and ASTM D2240, of not less than 40 and not greater than 95 and a glass-transition temperature T g (E″max), according to DIN 53 513 with a specified temperature sweep of −80° C. to +80° C. and a specified compression of 10+0.2% at 10 Hz, not less than −80° C. and not greater than 0° C., with