Bisphenol

The bisphenols (/ˈbɪsfɪnɒl/) are a group of chemical compounds with two hydroxyphenyl functionalities. Most of them are based on diphenylmethane. The exceptions are bisphenol S, P, and M. "Bisphenol" is a common name; the letter following refers to one of the reactants. Bisphenol A is the most popular representative of this group, often simply called "bisphenol."[1]

List

Structural formula	Name	CAS	Reactants
	Bisphenol A	80-05-7	Phenol	Acetone
	Bisphenol AP	1571-75-1	Phenol	Acetophenone
	Bisphenol AF	1478-61-1	Phenol	Hexafluoroacetone
	Bisphenol B	77-40-7	Phenol	Butanone
	Bisphenol BP	1844-01-5	Phenol	Benzophenone
	Bisphenol C	79-97-0	o-cresol	Acetone
	Bisphenol C 2	14868-03-2	Phenol	Chloral
	Bisphenol E	2081-08-5	Phenol	Ethanal
	Bisphenol F	620-92-8	Phenol	Formaldehyde
	Bisphenol G	127-54-8	2-Isopropylphenol	Acetone
	Bisphenol M	13595-25-0
	Bisphenol S	80-09-1	Phenol	Sulfur trioxide
	Bisphenol P	2167-51-3
	Bisphenol PH	24038-68-4	2-Phenylphenol	Acetone
	Bisphenol TMC	129188-99-4	Phenol	3,3,5-Trimethylcyclohexanone
	Bisphenol Z	843-55-0	Phenol	Cyclohexanone
	Dinitrobisphenol A	5329-21-5	Bisphenol A	Nitric acid
	Tetrabromobisphenol A	79-94-7	Bisphenol A	Bromine

Health effects

Bisphenols A (BPA) and S (BPS) have been shown to be endocrine disruptors.[2][3] Due to its high production volumes, BPA has been characterised as a "pseudo-persistent" chemical,[4] leading to its spreading and potential accumulation in a variety of environmental matrices, even though it has a fairly short half-life.[5]

References

1. Helmut Fiege, Heinz-Werner Voges, Toshikazu Hamamoto, Sumio Umemura, Tadao Iwata, Hisaya Miki, Yasuhiro Fujita, Hans-Josef Buysch, Dorothea Garbe, Wilfried Paulus (2002). "Phenol Derivatives". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a19_313. ISBN 978-3527306732.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link).
2. "BPA-Free Plastic Containers May Be Just as Hazardous". Scientific American. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
3. "Bisphenol A (BPA) & Bisphenol S (BPS)". SaferChemicals.org. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
4. Pivnenko, K.; Pedersen, G. A.; Eriksson, E.; Astrup, T. F. (2015-10-01). "Bisphenol A and its structural analogues in household waste paper". Waste Management. 44: 39–47. doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2015.07.017. PMID 26194879.
5. See Bisphenol A#Environmental effects for extensive discussion

• For additional examples and alternate names, see: Alger, Mark (2017). Polymer Science Dictionary. Springer. p. 77. ISBN 9789402408935.