Perfluorinated cyclo-tetrakis(phenylene sulfides): synthesis and structure

Perfluoro-cyclo-tetrakis(1,4-phenylene sulfide) has been synthesized by the reaction of tetrafluorobenzene-1,4-dithiol with perfluoro-1,4-bis(phenylthio)benzene. The reaction of tetrafluorobenzene-1,4-dithiol with perfluoro-m-xylene gives a macrocycle with 1,3- and 1,4-arrangement of bridged sulfur atoms.