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- From: ns14@crux2.crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Nathan Otto Siemers)
- Subject: Re: Organic Chem Experts, please help me with this!
- In-Reply-To: cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu's message of Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:50:30 GMT
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- >>>>> On Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:50:30 GMT, cfthb@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Howard Black) said:
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- Howard> In article <NS14.92Dec28020829@crux2.crux2.cit.cornell.edu> ns14@crux2.crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Nathan Otto Siemers) writes:
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- > These are esters of phthalic acid, which I think are benzene
- >rings with two carboxylic acids attached to the ring. They are often
- >ortho, but need not be so.
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- Howard> If they're not ortho, it's not phthalic acid.
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- The post was patronizing as it is, but I did answer it.
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- 1,3 benzenedicarboxylic acid is known as m-phthalic acid
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- Terephthalic acid is the para, known also as p-phthalic acid.
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- [Merck Index]
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- Nathan
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