5
Solvent
Characteristics of Dimethyl Sulfone Above the Melting Point of 109°C
Resins
and Polymers
Paraffin
insoluble
Piccopale
70
slightly
soluble
Polyacrylamide
50
insoluble
Polyacrylamide
100
insoluble
Polyacrylonitrile
soluble
Polyamide
Resin #94
slightly
soluble
Polybutylene
64
insoluble
Polyethylene,
partially oxidized
slightly
soluble
Polyvinyl
alcohol 51-05
very
slightly soluble
Polyvinyl
butyral resin (Vinylite XYHL)
decomposes
Polyvinylidene
chloride (Saran)
softens,
insoluble
Polyvinylpyrrolidone
decomposes
Rosin
soluble
Rosin
amine D
slightly
soluble
Rosin
amine D acetate
slightly
soluble
Urea-formaldehyde
(Uformite)
insoluble
Solubility
of Dimethyl Sulfone in Organic Solvents Solvent
Solvent
g/100
ml of Solvent
Solvent
g/100
ml Solvent
Acetic
acid, glacial
21.2
@25°C
Dioxane
12.4
@25°C
Acetone
15.36
@25°C
Ethyl
alcohol
insol.
@25°C, v. sol. @ 65-70°C
Benzene
2.2
@25°C, 6.6 @75°C
Formaldehyde,
37%
32.4
@25°C
Butyl
cellusolve
12.2
@25°C
lsopropyl
alcohol
1.03
@25°C, 4.52 @ 55°C
Carbon
tetrachloride
insol.
@25°C
Methyl
alcohol
7.78
@25°C, 67.6 @ 60°C
Chloroform
9.4
@25°C
Methyl
ethyl ketone
10.0
@25°C, 22.8 @65°C
Cyclohexane
trace
@25°C, 4.7 @75°C Methyl isobutyl ketone
1.93
@25°C, 8.8 @ 60°C
Diethyt
ether
trace
@25°C
2-Nitropropane
7.62
@25°C, 43.6 @ 70°C
Diethylene
glycol
insol.
@25°C, v. sol. @76°C Petroleum ether
insol.
@25°C
Dimethyl
formamide
31.3
@25°C
Tetrahydrofuran
3.18
@25°C, 10.0 @52°C
Dimethyl
sulfide
7.3
@25°C
Toluene
0.6
@25°C, 3.0 @ 92°C,
Dimethyl
sulfoxide
48.5
@25°C
Xylene
0.36
@25°C, 2.4 @ 90°C