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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1981
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
562412 ;
Abstract
Terephthalic acid having a purity of 99% or more can be produced in a yield of 95% by mole or more by oxidizing p-tolualdehyde or a mixture of p-tolualdehyde and p-toluic acid with molecular oxygen in a solvent in the presence of a cobalt salt catalyst under the conditions that (1) a Co/solvent ratio is 0.05 to 0.70% by weight and (2) a toluic acid/Co ratio is 0.1 to 3.0 moles/gram atom, without using either a promoter or an oxidation accelerator.