Applications

• Aromatic Extraction
• Acidic Gas Treatment
• Extractive Distillation
• Fractionation
• Reaction Solvent
• Polymerisation Solvent
• Polymer Processing/Textiles
• Dyestuffs
• Printing Ink
• Agrochemical
• Pharmaceutical
• Electronics

Advantages of Sulfolane
• Versatile, can be used for a wide range of synthesis
• Highly polar
• High boiling
• Excellent chemical and thermal stability
• Totally miscible with water and aromatic hydrocarbons
• Aprotic (no acidic hydrogen atoms)
• Recyclable

Sulfolane is in Pharmacopoeia (USP, EP, JPE) as a Class 2 solvent and useful in synthesis of intermediates and as a process solvent.

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