Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Carboxylic acid esters
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-03
2010-06-22
Kumar, Shailendra (Department: 1621)
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Carboxylic acid esters
Reexamination Certificate
active
07741509
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a process for the preparation of di-n-butyl terephthalate by the esterification of terephthalic acid with n-butanol in the presence of a strong acid while employing a fractionating column.
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Cook Steven Leroy
Osborne Vickie Haygood
Turner Phillip Wayne
Eastman Chemical Company
Graves, Jr. Bernard J.
Kumar Shailendra
Nelson Brett L
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