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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Dynamit Nobel Aktiengesellschaft, Troisdorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560 77 ; 502171 ; 502324 ; 502326 ; 560 99 ; 562412 ; 562414 ;
Abstract
The yield of dimethyl terephthalate obtained by the oxidation of a mixture of p-xylene and methyl p-toluate, preferably with air, and esterification of the thus-produced acids is increased by utilizing a mixture of cobalt and manganese compounds as the oxidation catalyst.