Phthalic Anhydride → Maleic Anhydride

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Desirable nonplasticizing monoanhydrides include maleic anhydride; succinic anhydride; and the one to six carbon alkyl, the chloro, the phenyl, the benzyl and the mono and dimethylbenzyl derivatives of maleic anhydride such as citraconic anhydride; itaconic anhydride; chloromaleic anhydride; methyl succinic anhydride; propylsuccinic anhydride, hexylsuccinic anhydride; phenylmaleic anhydride; α,α-dimethylbenzylsuccinic anhydride; and the like. Also desirable monoanhydrides include phthalic anhydride, tetrahydrophthalic anhydride, hexahydrophthalic anhydride, and their chloro, methyl and cyano derivatives, and the like, such as methyltrihydrophthalic anhydride; 1,2-dicarboxylic- 4-chlorocyclohexane anhydride; 1,2-dicarboxylic-4-cyanocyclohexane anhydride; and the like. Further desirable monoanhydrides include 1,2-dicarboxylic-cyclopentane; 1,2-dicarboxyliccycloheptane; and the three-ringed anhydrides formed by the Diels-Alder condensation of maleic anhydride with cyclopentene, furan, or their methyl derivatives, such as bicyclo(2.2.1)heptene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride (Nadic anhydride); a mixture of methylbicyclo(2.2.1)heptene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride isomers (Nadic methyl anhydride); 7-oxabicyclo(2.2.1)heptene-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride; and the like.

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