Diphenyl sulfone

Diphenyl sulfone is a sulfone compound having two S-phenyl substituents. It is a crystalline powder that is soluble in organic solvents. It has been found in plants like Gnidia glauca and Dioscorea bulbifera. It has a role as a plant metabolite.

Diphenyl sulfone is formed under certain conditions by the action of aqueous sulfuric acid on benzene. It is used as a high temperature solvent. Such high temperature solvents are useful for processing highly rigid polymers, e.g., PEEK, which only dissolve in very hot solvents.

Ovicide; acaricide.

Phenyl Sulphone undergoes deoxygenation with Mg-MeOH at room temperature.

Diphenyl sulfone was identified as the preferred solvent. Diphenyl sulfone is chemically and thermally stable as compared to dimethyl sulfoxide.

ChEBI: A sulfone compound having two S-phenyl substituents. It has been found in plants like Gnidia glauca and Dioscorea bulbifera.

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 50, p. 1784, 1985 DOI: 10.1021/jo00210a053
Synthesis, p. 342, 1974
Tetrahedron Letters, 21, p. 689, 1980 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)71446-8

Not classified

Crystallise the sulfone from diethyl ether. It has been purified by zone melting. [Beilstein 6 H 300, 6 IV 1490.]