1,4-Butanediol → Dimethyl benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate--butane-1,4-diol (1/1)

HRID 1283568Notes

Reaction equation

[C:1]([O:13][CH3:14])(=[O:12])[C:2]1[CH:11]=[CH:10][C:5]([C:6]([O:8][CH3:9])=[O:7])=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[CH2:15]([OH:20])[CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][OH:19]>>[CH2:15]([OH:20])[CH2:16][CH2:17][CH2:18][OH:19].[C:6]([O:8][CH3:9])(=[O:7])[C:5]1[CH:10]=[CH:11][C:2]([C:1]([O:13][CH3:14])=[O:12])=[CH:3][CH:4]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 80641,4-Butanediol

HCID 8441Dimethyl terephthalate

Product 1

HCID 93143Dimethyl benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate--butane-1,4-diol (1/1)

Procedure

25 pounds of dimethyl terephthalate and 16.2 pounds of 1,4-butanediol are charged to a melter and liquefied, thereby forming a solution wherein the 1,4-butanediol/dimethyl terephthalate mole ratio is 1.4/1.

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-90ce599f51424096ac7f8ea3644856f6
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1976_08
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US03975488

Reaction notes

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