96259-58-4

Basic information

• Product Name: diethyl 2-methylterephthalate
• Synonyms: diethyl 2-methylterephthalate
• CAS NO: 96259-58-4
• Molecular Weight: 236.268
• Mol File: 96259-58-4.mol
• Article Data: 1

Chemical Properties

• CAS DataBase Reference: diethyl 2-methylterephthalate(CAS DataBase Reference)
• NIST Chemistry Reference: diethyl 2-methylterephthalate(96259-58-4)
• EPA Substance Registry System: diethyl 2-methylterephthalate(96259-58-4)

Safety Data

• Hazardous Substances Data: 96259-58-4(Hazardous Substances Data)

Upstream product

• 64-17-5 ethanol 
• 5156-01-4 2-methylterephthalic acid 
• 19398-61-9 2,5-dichlorotoluene 
• 55984-93-5 2-methyl-1,4-dicyanobenzene 

Downstream Products

• 96259-67-5 diethyl 2-methyl-1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylate 

Relevant articles and documents

Substituent Effects on Hydrogenation of Aromatic Rings: Hydrogenation vs. Hydrogenolysis in Cyclic Analogues of Benzyl Ethers.

Carbalkoxy substituents are shown to retard the hydrogenation of aromatic rings over Rh/C catalyst.Hydrogenolysis predominates with acyclic (benzyloxy)acetates over this catalyst, but both hydrogenation and hydrogenolysis become sluggish with 2-isochroman-4-ones (1).However, phthalides may be cleanly hydrogenated in moderate to excellent yields without significant hydrogenolysis.Placing a benzyl ether in a ring system appears to greatly retard hydrogenolysis relative to the acyclic analogues.