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HRID 385220Generated: October 30, 2026

Dimethyl terephthalate → Terephthalic Acid

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDimethyl terephthalateHCID 8441—
SolventWaterHCID 962—
ProductTerephthalic AcidHCID 7489—

Reaction Conditions

Temperature250 °C

Reaction Steps

Acid Following, U.S. Pat. No. 4,302,595, incorporated herein by reference, a suspension of dimethyl terephthalate in H2O is heated to 250° C. for 4 hour in a Parr pressure reactor resulting in hydrolysis to terephthalic acid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08367859B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2013_02
ORD IDord-38da2cd2f4b8419bb9238a596b5a4f38
Source noteuspto-grants-2013_02