Chemical Properties
White to off-white solid
Uses
Thianthrene has been used to study aqueous solubilities of several solid nitrogen-, sulfur- and oxygen-containing heterocyclic derivatives of anthracene, phenanthrene and fluorene. It has been used in determination of partition coefficients of several sulfur-containing aromatics in 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium
bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide and supercritical carbon dioxide.
Definition
ChEBI: The organosulfur heterocyclic compound that is the parent compound of the thianthrenes, a tricyclic structure comprising two benzene rings fused to the b and e sides of 1,4-dithin.
Synthesis Reference(s)
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 31, p. 4071, 1966
DOI: 10.1021/jo01350a045
General Description
Thianthrene undergoes liquid phase
tert-butylation in the presence of large pore zeolites and mesoporous aluminosilicates catalyst to yield
tert-butyl derivatives. Thianthrene on oxidation in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and ligninase as catalyst from
Phanerochaete chrysosporium yields thianthrene monosulfoxide.
Purification Methods
thianthrene from Me2CO (charcoal), AcOH or EtOH. It sublimes in a vacuum. [Beilstein 19 H 45, 19 I 619, 19 II 34, 19 III/IV 347, 19/2 V 49.]
