2-Hydroxyethyl methyl terephthalate

2-Hydroxyethyl methyl terephthalate.svg 110 px 1,4-Benzenedicarboxylic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl methyl ester mono(methyl terephthalate)ethylene glycol terephthalic acid, 2-hydroxyethyl methyl ester 1-(2-hydroxyethyl) 4-methyl benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate methyl 2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate monoglycol monomethyl terephthalate β-Hydroxyethyl methyl terephthalate 3645-00-9 correct CAS 69636 222-877-0 77207 QR42U3BY92 1S/C11H12O5/c1-15-10(13)8-2-4-9(5-3-8)11(14)16-7-6-12/h2-5,12H,6-7H2,1H3 DJQMYWWZWUOCBQ-UHFFFAOYSA-N COC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)OCCO 11 5 12 white solid 71 2-Hydroxyethyl methyl terephthalate is an organic compound with the formula HOCH2CH2O2CC6H4CO2CH3. It is a mixed ester of terephthalic acid. This compound is an intermediate in the industrial production of polyethylene terephthalate (>80 Mtons/yOda Kohei Wlodawer Alexander Development of Enzyme-Based Approaches for Recycling PET on an Industrial Scale Biochemistry 2024 acs.biochem.3c00554 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00554 38285602 ) by the transesterification from dimethylterephthalate:Köpnick Horst Schmidt Manfred Brügging Wilhelm Rüter Jörn Kaminsky Walter Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry Polyesters 2000 10.1002/14356007.a21_227 978-3-527-30385-4 CH3O2CC6H4CO2CH3 + HOCH2CH2OH -> HOCH2CH2O2CC6H4CO2CH3 + CH3OH n HOCH2CH2O2CC6H4CO2CH3 -> (OCH2CH2O2CC6H4CO)_{n} + n CH3OH The compound is also formed by the reverse of the above reaction, the methanolysis of PET.Pham Duong Dinh Cho Joungmo Low-energy catalytic methanolysis of poly(ethyleneterephthalate) Green Chemistry 2021 23 511–525 10.1039/d0gc03536j References Category:Methyl esters Category:Terephthalate esters Category:Glycol esters