Patent ID: 6958415

Claim:
A process for making pentafluorosulfuranyl arylenes which comprises: effecting dehydrohalogenation or dehydrogenation of a halogenated pentafluorosulfuranyl cycloaliphatic compound represented by either of the structures: to form pentafluorosulfuranyl arylene compounds represented by either of the structures: wherein R 1-5 are H, halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, alkoxy, C 1-10 thionyl, C 1-10 alky ether, aryl and substituted aryl, thioether, sulfonyl, carboalkoxy, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylphosphoryl, alkylphosphonyl, arylphosphonyl, arylphosphoryl and mixtures thereof and X is a halogen atom.