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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ulrich Hertenstein, Gablingen, DE;
Rudolf Neugebauer, Meitingen, DE;
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560 78 ; 560 98 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of terephthalic diesters and diols from polyesters. The process comprises depolymerization of the polyester in the presence of transesterification catalysts for said polyester and in the presence of an ester and subsequent transesterification of the reaction mixture to give the terephthalic diester by reaction with a monohydric alcohol. The novel process allows the starting components of polyesters to be recovered rapidly and under mild reaction conditions.