Mechanism of the Thermal Rearrangement of Potassium Phthalate and the Carboxylation of Potassium Benzoate; K MEKHANIZMU TEPMICHESKOI PEREGRUPPIROVKI FTALEVOKISLOGO KALIYA I KARBOKSILIROVANIYA BENZOINOKISLOGO KALIYA

Technical Report · Sat Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1959

OSTI ID:4286619

Ratusky, J; Sorm, F

The reaction mechanism of the thermal rearrangement of potessium phthalate to potassium terephthalate and the thermal carboxylation of potassium benzoate to potassium terephthalate was studied by tracer techniques. A mechanism was proposed which resulted from the observation that when potassium phthalate is subjected to rearrangement in the presence of one equivalent C/sup 14/O/sub 2/, the resulting terephthalic acid contains half the original activity. There is a statistical exchange between one carboxyl group and carbon dioxide. A mechanism for the carboxylation is proposed frona that fact that from a reaction mixture containing two equivalents of potassiura benzoate and one equivalent C/ sup 14/O/sub 2/ benzoic acid having only one-third of the specific activity and terephthalic acid having two-thirds of the specific activity were isolated. (J.S.R.)

• Research Organization: Czechoslovakia
• NSA Number: NSA-13-006408
• OSTI ID: 4286619
• Report Number(s): A/CONF.15/P/2125
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

Related Subjects

AROMATICS
ATOMIC MODELS
BENZOIC ACID
CARBON 14
CARBON DIOXIDE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
CONFIGURATION
MEASURED VALUES
MOLECULES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHTHALATES
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
RADIOACTIVITY
TEMPERATURE
TRACER TECHNIQUES