Chemical Properties
colourless liquid
Uses
Diphenyl sulfide is used as a raw material for triaryl sulfonium photoinitiator, intermediates for agrichemicals, catalyst, metal extractants.
Uses
Diphenyl Sulfide is an aromatic organosulfur compound. Diphenyl Sulfide is metabolite of the fungicide Edifenphos as well as a potential Impurity of Fenticonazole Nitrate (F279250).
Definition
ChEBI: An aryl sulfide that consists of two phenyl groups connected by a sulphur atom.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 35, p. 1770, 1987
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.35.1770
Flammability and Explosibility
Not classified
Purification Methods
Wash the sulfide with aqueous 5% NaOH, then water. Dry it with CaCl2, then with sodium. The sodium is filtered off, and the diphenyl sulfide is distiiled under reduced pressure. [Beilstein 2 H 299, 6 IV 1488.]
