Acids, aromatic polybasic

The lower members of the homologous series of 1. Alcohols 2. Aldehydes 3. Ketones 4. Acids 5. Esters 6. Phenols 7. Anhydrides 8. Amines 9. Nitriles 10. Polyhydroxy phenols 1. Polybasic acids and hydro-oxy acids. 2. Glycols, poly-hydric alcohols, polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones (sugars) 3. Some amides, ammo acids, di-and polyamino compounds, amino alcohols 4. Sulphonic acids 5. Sulphinic acids 6. Salts 1. Acids 2. Phenols 3. Imides 4. Some primary and secondary nitro compounds oximes 5. Mercaptans and thiophenols 6. Sulphonic acids, sulphinic acids, sulphuric acids, and sul-phonamides 7. Some diketones and (3-keto esters 1. Primary amines 2. Secondary aliphatic and aryl-alkyl amines 3. Aliphatic and some aryl-alkyl tertiary amines 4. Hydrazines 1. Unsaturated hydrocarbons 2. Some poly-alkylated aromatic hydrocarbons 3. Alcohols 4. Aldehydes 5. Ketones 6. Esters 7. Anhydrides 8. Ethers and acetals 9. Lactones 10. Acyl halides 1. Saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons Cyclic paraffin hydrocarbons 3. Aromatic hydrocarbons 4. Halogen derivatives of 1, 2 and 3 5. Diaryl ethers 1. Nitro compounds (tertiary) 2. Amides and derivatives of aldehydes and ketones 3. Nitriles 4. Negatively substituted amines 5. Nitroso, azo, hy-drazo, and other intermediate reduction products of nitro com-pounds 6. Sulphones, sul-phonamides of secondary amines, sulphides, sulphates and other Sulphur compounds... 

N-Benzylamides are recommended when the corresponding acid is liquid and/or water-soluble so that it cannot itself serve as a derivative. The benzyl-amides derived from the simple fatty acids or their esters are not altogether satisfactory since they are often low melting those derived from most hydroxy acids and from polybasic acids or their esters are formed in good yield and are easily purified. The esters of aromatic acids yield satisfactory derivatives but the method must compete with the equally simple process of hydrolysis and precipitation of the free acid, an obvious derivative when the acid is a solid. The procedure fails with esters of keto acids, sulphonic acids and inorganic acids and some halogenated aliphatic esters. 

A thermosetting or thermoplastic polymeric material made by esterification of polybasic organic acids with polyhydric acids, in which ester groups are in the main chains. The aliphatic polyesters tend to be relatively soft, whereas the aromatic derivatives are usually hard and brittle or tough. 

Various polybasic acids are used in polyester synthesis, including aromatic acids as well as aliphatic acids. Some important acids used in polyester synthesis and their primary characteristics are shown in Table 2.5. 

In addition to polybasic acids, some monobasic acids including lower MW synthetic branched fatty acids and monobasic aromatic acids are also used for controlling functionality and MW of polyesters. 

Ortho substituents in the aromatic acids retard esterification by the conventional method, but they can be esterified by dissolving in 100% sulfuric acid and pouring the solution into the desired alcohol. This method is applicable to other unreactive systems and was successfully applied to heterocyclic acids, polybasic acids, long-chain aliphatic acids, and several other unreactive substituted aromatic acids. 

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