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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2007
Applicants:
Mark Holt, Huntersville, NC (US);
Phillip Wayne Turner, Blountville, TN (US);
Steven Leroy Cook, Kingsport, TN (US);
Martin James Stimpson, Marlborough, GB;
Inventors:
Mark Holt, Huntersville, NC (US);
Phillip Wayne Turner, Blountville, TN (US);
Steven Leroy Cook, Kingsport, TN (US);
Martin James Stimpson, Marlborough, GB;
Assignee:
Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 69/76 (2006.01); C07C 67/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Mixtures of terephthalate diesters having lowered freezing points and methods of making the terephthalic acid diesters. The method includes contacting a first alcohol, a second different alcohol and dimethyl terephthalate in the presence of a catalyst to thereby form the terephthalate diesters.