Dichloromethane → Dimethyl terephthalate

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Following the general procedure in Example 1 for the preparation of the diacid chloride, 10.13 parts of terephthalic acid were added to a mixture of 14.7 parts triethylamine and 14.4 parts phosgene in 200 parts dry dichloromethane at 25° to 30° C. The ratio of equivalents of triethylamine base/COOH acid group was 1.19. After carrying out the reaction and esterifying the resulting diacid chloride by the procedure described in Example 1, no dimethyl terephthalate was isolated. Instead, 100% recovery of unreacted terephthalic acid was obtained.

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