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Sulfolane (also
tetramethylene sulfone,
systematic name: 1λ6-thiolane-1,1-dione) is an
organosulfur compound,
formally a
cyclic sulfone, with the formula...
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Oxidation of THT
gives the
sulfone sulfolane,
which is of
interest as a polar,
odorless solvent: C4H8S + 2 O → C4H8SO2
Sulfolane is, however, more conventionally...
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cycloaddition reactions with dienes. The
industrially useful solvent sulfolane is
prepared by
addition of
sulfur dioxide to buta-1,3-diene
followed by...
- propanol, isopropanol, acetone, glycerol, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran,
sulfolane, acetaldehyde, dimethylformamide, dimethoxyethane,
dimethyl sulfoxide...
- with any one of a
number of solvents,
including diethylene glycol or
sulfolane, and
benzene is then
separated from the
other aromatics by distillation...
- 30.2
Methanol 14
Ethanol 0.65
Dimethylformamide 0.4 Propan-1-ol 0.124
Sulfolane 0.05 Butan-1-ol 0.05 Propan-2-ol 0.03 Pentan-1-ol 0.018
Acetonitrile 0...
- propanol, isopropanol, acetone, glycerol, 1,4-dioxane, tetrahydrofuran,
sulfolane, acetaldehyde, dimethylformamide, dimethoxyethane,
dimethyl sulfoxide...
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Liquid sulfur dioxide 0.41
Methanol 5.3
Ethanol 0.37
Formic acid 192
Sulfolane 0.04
Acetonitrile 0.024
Acetone 0.00091
Formamide 62
Acetamide 24.5 Dimethylformamide...
- This
reaction is
exploited on an
industrial scale for the
synthesis of
sulfolane,
which is an
important solvent in the
petrochemical industry.
Sulfur dioxide...
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Related compounds Related compounds DMSO
dimethyl sulfide dimethyl sulfate sulfolane Except where otherwise noted, data are
given for
materials in
their standard...
