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5. Applications
of
Sulfolane
Pharmaceutical
• Sulfolane is a high purity, versatile polar aprotic solvent that is used in the synthesis of raw
materials and intermediates or as a full process solvent medium. It is miscible with water
and aromatic hydrocarbons and has exceptional chemical and thermal stability.
Polymer Production
•As a polymerization solvent, Sulfolane can be used in a number of systems, such as water
soluble polysaccharide polymers prepared from a glucose solution in Sulfolane with a
phosphoric acid catalyst. Also Cellulose acetate and polylactams benefit from the addition
of Sulfolane to act as a plasticizer.
Agrochemicals
•Sulfolane by nature is a very high boiling, inert polar solvent which is miscible with water,
aromatic hydrocarbons and solvents such as benzene, toluene, xylene, acetone,
percholoroethylene and aniline.
•Coupled with our extremely low impurity profile, this makes Sulfolane a perfect solvent in
Agrochemical applications for the synthesis of fungicides, herbicides and pesticides.
Dyestuffs
•Sulfolane is readily miscible with water, which enables aqueous sulfolane combinations
with dyes to give enhanced properties such as the ability to intensify the colour fastness of a
dye on hydrophobic synthetic fibres such as polyester, acrylic and modacrylic.
Printing Inks
•Jet printing ink formulations containing Sulfolane have good storage stability, do not clog
printer nozzles, and give high quality prints with good fixation on substrates.

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7. THE MAJOR PLAYERS
Liaoyang Guanghua Chemical(CN)
Sumitomo Seika Chemical(JP)
Liaodong Fine Chemical(CN)
New Japan Chemical(JP)
Jinzhou Petrochemical Corporation(CN)
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company(US)
Changle Haizhou Chemical(CN)