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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1983

Filed:

Nov. 09, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:

John A Donohue, Elmhurst, IL (US);

Assignee:

Standard Oil Company (Indiana), Chicago, IL (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204 75 ; 204 / ;
Abstract

Terephthalic acid is electrochemically reduced to p-hydroxymethylbenzoic acid in a process in an electrolysis cell in which (a) the cathode is solid and metal with an amalgam of mercury surface and has a hydrogen overvoltage which is greater than the potential for the reduction of terephthalic acid to p-hydroxymethylbenzoic acid, and, (b) sufficient mercury is added of a mercury compound to maintain the process.


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Donohue, John. (1983). Process for electrochemical reduction of terephthalic acid (U.S. Patent No. 4381229). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4381229

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