Ethylene Glycol → Dimethyl terephthalate

HRID 1415387Notes

Reaction equation

[CH2:1]([OH:4])[CH2:2]O.O[CH2:6][CH:7]([CH2:9][OH:10])O>>[C:9]([O:10][CH3:1])(=[O:10])[C:7]1[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:2]([C:1]([O:4][CH3:2])=[O:4])=[CH:9][CH:6]=1

Participants

Reactant 2

HCID 174Ethylene Glycol

HCID 753Glycerol

Product 1

HCID 8441Dimethyl terephthalateYield 400%

Procedure

375.0 g of a polyester obtained by condensation of 1.6 mol of dimethyl terephthalate, 1.2 mol of ethylene glycol and 0.8 mol of glycerol and containing 6 % by weight of OH-groups are melted at about 80° C. and then mixed with

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-5406f2b563064352ae6baf48c0bfe3e7
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1977_01
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US04005056

Reaction notes

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