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para-Xylene is oxidised to terephthalic acid with oxygen. Oxidation of the second methyl function is more difficult that the first. Several methods proceed via the dimethyl ester.

The Amoco process uses liquid phase oxidation with a cobalt/manganese/bromide catalyst system. The reaction proceeds via bromine radical abstraction of benzylic hydrogen.

Alan Heaton (Ed.) An Introduction to Industrial Chemistry, Blackie (1996)
  +  
3
O2
  +  
CH3COOH
         
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2
H2O
Reactant Page Go To Go To
para-Xylene     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Oxygen     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Acetic acid Solvent    Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Teraphthalic_acid     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming
Water     Reactions Using    Reactions Forming

Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Industrial Process: Organic
Oxidation: Of Substrate By Reagent
Radical Cleavage
Redox

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