Terephthalic Acid Definition

terefthalikasid
noun
A white, crystalline powder, C6H4(COOH)2, produced by the oxidation of certain xylene hydrocarbons and used in making plastics, polyester fiber, etc.
Webster's New World

(organic chemistry) An aromatic dicarboxylic acid, benzene-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, used in the manufacture of polyesters.

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Origin of Terephthalic Acid

  • Blend of terebic and phthalic acid

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Terephthalic Acid Sentence Examples

  • By reducing terephthalic acid with sodium amalgam, care being taken to neutralize the caustic soda simultaneously formed by passing in carbon dioxide, A" dihydroterephthalic acid is obtained; this results from the splitting of a Para-linkage.

  • Dilute nitric acid oxidizes it first to para-toluic acid and then to terephthalic acid.

  • It cannot be prepared by a direct reduction of terephthalic acid.

  • The A i 4 acid is also obtained by the direct reduction of terephthalic acid.

  • The A 1.5 acid is obtained by boiling the cis- and trans-A 2.5 acids with water, which are obtained on reducing terephthalic acid with sodium amalgam in faintly alkaline solution.

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