Synthesis of 2, 3, 5??trimethylterephthalic acid

L Wals, WT Nauta

Index: Wals,L.; Nauta,W.T. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1968 , vol. 87, p. 65 - 68

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Abstract

BY L. WALS and W. TH. NAUTA (Chemical Laboratory of the Vrije Universiteit, 174, De Lairessestraat, Amsterdam) ... Two routes for the synthesis of 2,3,5-trimethylterephthalic acid are describ-.d, starting from I ,2,4-trimehylbenzene and p-xylene, respectively. ... Of the six methyl-substituted terephthalic acids only the 2,3,5-trimethyl compound has not yet been described in the literature l . As we needed the complete series of acids as starting material a ...