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Merck

T22209

Sulfolane

99%

Synonym(s):

Tetrahydrothiophene 1,1-dioxide, Tetramethylene sulfone

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C4H8O2S
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
120.17
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
204-783-1
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
107765
MDL number:
Assay:
99%
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InChI key

HXJUTPCZVOIRIF-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C4H8O2S/c5-7(6)3-1-2-4-7/h1-4H2

SMILES string

O=S1(=O)CCCC1

vapor density

4.2 (vs air)

vapor pressure

0.01 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

99%

Quality Level

bp

104 °C/0.2 mmHg (lit.), 285 °C (lit.)

mp

20-26 °C (lit.)

density

1.261 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

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Application

Sulfolane is a polar aprotic solvent that may be used for the complete pyrolysis of cellulose without any polymerization or carbonization side reaction. Sulfolane, in combination with mesitylene, can be used as a solvent in the synthesis of poly(succinimide) (PSI) from L-aspartic acid. It can also be used as a solvent in the synthesis of chlorine-terminated polyethersulfone oligomer, a polymeric activator for nylon 6-polyethersulfone (PES)-nylon 6 block copolymer synthesis.

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Storage Class

6.1C - Combustible acute toxic Cat.3 / toxic compounds or compounds which causing chronic effects

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

350.6 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

177 °C - closed cup

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Immune system

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Repr. 1B - STOT RE 2


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Thermochemical conversion of cellulose in polar solvent (sulfolane) into levoglucosan and other low molecular-weight substances.
Kawamoto H
Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 70(2), 303-313 (2003)
Polymer micelle-like aggregates of novel amphiphilic biodegradable poly (asparagine) grafted with poly (caprolactone).
Jeong JH
Polymer, 44(3), 583-591 (2003)
Christopher Paul Kasanke et al.
Scientific reports, 9(1), 3121-3121 (2019-03-01)
Sulfolane is an industrial solvent and emerging organic contaminant affecting groundwater around the world, but little is known about microbes capable of biodegrading sulfolane or the pathways involved. We combined DNA-based stable isotope probing (SIP) with genome-resolved metagenomics to identify
Self-aggregates of hydrophobically modified poly (2-hydroxyethyl aspartamide) in aqueous solution.
Yang SR
Coll. Polymer Sci., 281(9), 852-861 (2003)
Nylon 6-polyethersulfone-nylon 6 block copolymer: synthesis and application as compatibilizer for polyethersulfone/nylon 6 blend.
Ahn TO
Polymer, 38(1), 207-215 (1997)

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