Oxygen → P-Toluic Acid

HRID 2071310Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2071310 reaction equation
C=C.[CH3:3][C:4]1[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]([CH3:10])=[CH:8][CH:9]=1.[O:11]=O.[CH2:13]1[O:15][CH2:14]1>C1C=CC=CC=1>[C:4]1([CH3:3])[CH:9]=[CH:8][C:7]([CH:10]=[O:15])=[CH:6][CH:5]=1.[CH3:3][C:4]1[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:14]([CH2:13][OH:15])=[CH:8][CH:9]=1.[CH3:3][C:4]1[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:14]([C:13]([OH:15])=[O:11])=[CH:8][CH:9]=1

Participants

8

Reactant 4

HCID 977OxygenHCID 6325EthyleneHCID 6354Ethylene OxideHCID 7809P-Xylene

Product 3

HCID 7470P-Toluic AcidHCID 77254-MethylbenzaldehydeHCID 115054-Methylbenzyl alcohol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 241BenzeneSolvent

Procedure

Into a pressure vessel equipped with magnetic agitation is placed a charge that at the reaction temperature of 205° C. is composed of about 2.9 wt.% ethylene, 55.9 wt.% p-xylene, 41.1 wt.% benzene at a partial pressure of oxygen of 60 p.s.i.a. and a system pressure of 1125 p.s.i.g. The reaction mixture is reacted for 10 min. Analysis of the liquid phase effluent shows that 1.26 wt.% ethylene oxide has been produced as well as 1.0 wt.% p-tolualdehyde, 1.5 wt.% p-methyl benzyl alcohol moieties, and 0.75 wt.% p-toluic acid moieties.

Workup

  1. customInto a pressure vessel equipped with magnetic agitation
  2. additiona charge that at the reaction temperature of 205° C.
  3. customThe reaction mixture is reacted for 10 min

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-2b781ba06bb64ceda1e289469c7cfa43
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1977_09
Patent number
US04046782

Reaction notes

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