Chemical Properties
colourless liquid
Uses
Diphenyl Sulfide is an aromatic organosulfur compound. Diphenyl Sulfide is metabolite of the fungicide Edifenphos as well as a potential Impurity of Fenticonazole Nitrate (F279250).
Uses
Diphenyl sulfide is used as a raw material for triaryl sulfonium photoinitiator, intermediates for agrichemicals, catalyst, metal extractants.
Definition
ChEBI: An aryl sulfide that consists of two phenyl groups connected by a sulphur atom.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 35, p. 1770, 1987
DOI: 10.1248/cpb.35.1770
Flammability and Explosibility
Not classified
Purification Methods
Wash the sulfide with aqueous 5% NaOH, then water. Dry it with CaCl2, then with sodium. The sodium is filtered off, and the diphenyl sulfide is distiiled under reduced pressure. [Beilstein 2 H 299, 6 IV 1488.]