Driven by application market demand, domestic fluorobenzene production capacity continues to increase

Fluorobenzene is an organic compound with the chemical formula C6H5F. It appears as a colorless and transparent liquid. It is toxic and irritating. It is insoluble in water and miscible in ethanol, ether, acetone and benzene. The main methods for industrial production of fluorobenzene include Baz Sherman method, anhydrous hydrogen fluoride method, cyclohexane method and cyclopentadiene method. Among them, the Baz Sherman method is the earliest way to prepare fluorobenzene. This method is relatively backward and has high environmental pollution. The cyclohexane method and the cyclopentadiene method are mostly used in situations where raw materials are limited, and their popularity is low, so they are anhydrous. The hydrogen fluoride method is currently the mainstream production method for preparing fluorobenzene.

Fluorobenzene can be used to synthesize specific antipsychotic drugs, and is the raw material for penfluridol, droperidol, haloperidol, trifluperidol and other drugs; it can be used to synthesize pesticides and insecticides, and is the raw material for flufenidol, flupridol, and fluopridol. Raw material for pesticides such as urea and fluorosilazole; can be used to prepare engineering plastics, and is an intermediate between polyetherketone (PEK), polyetheretherketone (PEEK) monomers and liquid crystal materials. At the same time, fluorobenzene can also produce a variety of derivatives through nitration, chlorination, bromination, acylation and other processes, with a wide range of applications.

Fluorobenzene is an important raw material for the treatment of schizophrenia. In recent years, the number of schizophrenia patients in my country has been growing slowly. Against this background, the anti-schizophrenia drug market continues to expand. In 2021, the domestic schizophrenia drug market will be 7.52 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%, which in turn drove the increasing market demand for fluorobenzene.

At the same time, against the background of the continuous expansion of domestic polyether ether ketone application fields, fluorobenzene consumption continues to increase. In 2021, domestic polyether ether ketone market consumption reached 15.9 million tons. Fluorobenzene is a key intermediate for the synthesis of polyether ether ketone. , whose demand continues to increase. Driven by application market demand, my country’s fluorobenzene production capacity continues to increase. According to the“China Fluorobenzene Industry Market Survey Research Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center It shows that domestic fluorobenzene production capacity will be 128,000 tons in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%.

In recent years, against the backdrop of increasing domestic fluorobenzene production capacity, my country has become one of the world’s major fluorobenzene producers, and domestic companies occupy a large market share in the global fluorobenzene market. At present, domestic fluorobenzene production companies mainly include Xingfu Chemical, Yongtai Technology, Zhongxin Fluorine Materials, Yuntianhua, Dongransheng Electronics, etc.

Industrial analysis personnel said that under the background of the continuous development of the domestic fluorobenzene application market, its production capacity continues to increase, and the industry development prospects are good. . However, in recent years, with the continuous strengthening of domestic environmental protection efforts, chemical production has become more pollution-free and green. The anhydrous hydrogen fluoride used in the production process of fluorobenzene is a highly toxic and dangerous chemical subject to national supervision. Its use requirements are relatively strict and it is easy to produce a large amount of waste sulfuric acid. In the future, domestic fluorobenzene production methods need to be continuously improved, and the industry needs to move towards green and green products. The direction of environmental protection continues to develop.