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4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulfone

CAS 80-07-9

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

85228-26-8 · 916849-48-4

4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulfone chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulfone in plain language

What it is

Also known as 1,1'-Sulfonylbis(4-chlorobenzene) · 1-chloro-4-(4-chlorophenyl)sulfonylbenzene · P,p'-dichlorodiphenyl sulfone · 4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulphone · 4,4'-Dichlorodiphenylsulfone · 4,4'-sulfonylbis(chlorobenzene)

Show all 16 names

4,4-dichlorophenylsulfone · 4-Chloro-1-(4-chlorophenylsulfonyl)benzene · 4-Chlorophenyl sulfone · Bis(4-chlorophenyl) sulfone · Bis(4-chlorophenyl) sulphone · Bis(p-chlorophenyl) sulfone · Di-p-chlorophenyl sulfone · Sulfone, bis(p-chlorophenyl) · bis(para-chlorophenyl)sulfone · p-Chlorophenyl sulfone

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for 4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulfone yet.

Recorded functional uses: Hardener

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. 4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulfone appears in these published regulatory listings.

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 7 composition records across product categories including Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Processing aids not otherwise specified, Hardener.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 7 composition records across product categories including Raw materials. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Processing aids not otherwise specified, Hardener.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for 4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulfone yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

5 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated 23 March 2010

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often EPA CPDat has listed 4,4'-Dichlorodiphenyl sulfone in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

7

Named organisations

3

Raw materials

Typical roles

Hardener
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