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HRID 357683Generated: October 30, 2026

1,4-Butanediol → bis(hydroxybutyl) terephthalate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant1,4-ButanediolHCID 8064—
ReactantDimethyl terephthalateHCID 8441—
Productbis(hydroxybutyl) terephthalateHCID 11001391—

Reaction Steps

This example demonstrates the transesterification reaction of dimethyl terephthalate with 1,4-butanediol using lanthanum tris(acetylacetonate) hydrate as the transesterification catalyst (150 ppm La based on final polymer) to form bis(4-hydroxybutyl) terephthalate.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05840957
Source datasetuspto-grants-1998_11
ORD IDord-c1dca13299994cf5b932bbe881ad2359
Source noteuspto-grants-1998_11