Thursday 28 December 2017

Thionyl Chloride Consumption Market Size, Share, Trends and Consumption Analysis Report 2022 by Million Insights

Global Thionyl chloride consumption market is segmented on the basis of product type, application, and geography. Thionyl chloride is an inorganic compound with chemical formula SOCl2. Thionyl chloride is a colorless to yellow fuming liquid with an unpleasant bitter odor. It can also be miscible with benzene, carbon tetrachloride, and chloroform. Its boiling point is 79ºC. It is used as a chlorinating reagent with approx 45,000 tons per year; being created during the early 1990s.


Thionyl chloride has a relative density of 1.676 and melting point of -104.5ºC. It is easily decomposed into hydrogen chloride and sulfur dioxide. Thionyl chloride is soluble in benzene, carbon tetrachloride, and chloroform. Thionyl chloride is toxic and reacts violently with water to give sulfur dioxide and hydrochloric acid, which are toxic and acidic respectively. This liquid is listed as a schedule 3 compound and it may be used for the production of chemical weapons. It is sometimes confused with SO2Cl2 (sulfuryl chloride) but the properties of sulfuryl chloride compounds are different significantly.



Thionyl chloride is an extremely useful compound in chemistry, but is very toxic and dangerous. It is a source of chloride ions; whereas SO2Cl2 (sulfuryl chloride) is source of chlorine. Thionyl chloride is stored in sealed bottles in a special cabinet. It is away from any moisture and light.  Thionyl chloride is an important intermediary of organic chemistry. It is also used in medicine, dyes, pesticides, and synthesis industry as a chlorinating agent. Contribution of pesticide industry is a major part for use of thionyl chloride and generally used for the production of inabenfide, flucythrinate, diflubenzuron, valerate, fenvalerate, mosquito-killing dimerthrin, isocarbophos, oxazolidinone, quizalofop, fenpropathrin, endosulfan, deltamethrin, a (b) group chlorpyrifos, and warfarin.

Thionyl chloride is used for the production of isocarbophos, indomethacin, vitamin A, sumicidin, propargite tetramisole hydrochloride, and so on. It is also used as the chlorinating agents for organic synthesis such as chlorination of alcoholic group, chlorination of acid anhydride, chlorination of carboxylic acid, and the chlorine displacement of organic sulfonic acid or carboxylic acid. It can also be used for making acyl chloride and for the manufacture of pharmaceutical intermediates such as tetramisole hydrochloride and synthomycin palmitate. It could also be used as a dehydrating agent or solvent.


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