O-Xylene → HCID 86676522, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a 500 ml round bottom flask fitted with a mechanical stirrer, thermometer, air inlet bubbler and reflux condenser was added 65 g (0.61 moles) of o-xylene and 8.0 g (0.08 moles) of maleic anhydride. The solution was sparged with air then heated to reflux to initiate maleic anhydride free radical formation and then stirred for 6 hr. GC samples were taken at 2, 4 and 6 hr.

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