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HRID 1576586Generated: October 30, 2026

P-Toluic Acid → 4-Methylbenzaldehyde

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantP-Toluic AcidHCID 7470—
SolventMethanolHCID 887—
Product4-MethylbenzaldehydeHCID 7725—

Reaction Steps

Esterification of methanol is carried out with 100 g of per-p-toluic acid crystals obtained by distilling off acetone from the per-p-toluic acid product solution, obtained by autooxidizing p-tolualdehyde with air in the absence of catalyst in acetone as a solvent.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS03981909
Source datasetuspto-grants-1976_09
ORD IDord-0cf10c9c17ef4da28785865c001287d3
Source noteuspto-grants-1976_09