Chemical Properties
white to slightly yellow crystalline powder
Uses
4,4′-Difluorobenzophenone has been used in the study of thermal stability, water uptake and proton conductivity of carboxylated, carboxylated/sulfonated, and crosslinked membranes.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 90, p. 540, 1968
DOI: 10.1021/ja01004a087
General Description
4,4′-Difluorobenzophenone is typically used as a starting material for the preparation of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer, a high-temperature thermoplastic, which finds wide use in dentistry as well as in automotive, oil industries, etc.