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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2005
Applicants:
Steven Leroy Cook, Kingsport, TN (US);
Christopher Fletcher Tomlin, Kingsport, TN (US);
Phillip Wayne Turner, Blountville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Steven Leroy Cook, Kingsport, TN (US);
Christopher Fletcher Tomlin, Kingsport, TN (US);
Phillip Wayne Turner, Blountville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 67/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of di-(2-ethylhexyl) terephthalate by the esterification of terephthalic acid with 2-ethylhexanol at elevated temperature and pressure while the water of reaction is removed from the reaction mixture.