PROCESS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF TEREPHTHALIC ACID

    公开(公告)号:CA1169017A

    公开(公告)日:1984-06-12

    申请号:CA391991

    申请日:1981-12-10

    Inventor: DONOHUE JOHN A

    Abstract: Terephthalic acid is electrochemically reduced to p-hydroxymethlbenzoic acid in a process in an electrolysis cell in which a) the cathode is solid and metal with an amalgam of mercury surface and has a hydrogen overvoltage which is greater than the potential for the reduction of terephthalic acid to p-hydroxymethyl-benzoic acid, and, b) sufficient mercury is added of a mercury compound to maintain the process.

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