University of BRISTOL   Amy Lovelock  al4127@bris.ac.uk 21/06/2006    

 

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Industrial Synthesis

 

There are three commercially used ways of preparing benzoic acid.

 

 

 

 

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Once synthesized, the benzoic acid is then dissolved in sodium hydroxide, forming sodium benzoate and water. The water is then evaporated off.  

Method 2 is particularly attractive to the chemical industry because it used cheap raw materials and is non-polluting to the environment.

Roughly 126000 tonnes a year are estimated to be produced in the US, the majority of which is produced by companies wishing to use it to make other chemicals. 

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