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UPDATE 12.00
PATENT ASSIGNEE Arteva North America SARL
PATENT CLAIMS - (a) Oxidizing at first selected T a feedstock selected from
the group consisting of p-tolualdehyde & p-tolualdehyde/
p-xylene contg feedstocks with an O contg fluid to produce
p-toluic acid
- (b) Carrying out a step selected from the group consisting
of: (1) Esterifying the prodt of (a) with MeOH to form Me p-
toluate & oxidizing at second selected T the Me p-toluate
with an O contg fluid to form mono-Me terephthalate & (2)
Oxidizing (a) with O contg fluid to form terephthalic acid
- (c) Esterifying prodt of (b) with MeOH to form prodt contg
di-Me terephthalate
- (d) Separating the di-Me terephthalate from (c)
Wherein the oxidations are carried out in the absence of any bromine compd
PATENT PHOTOCOPY Available on request

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