The present invention relates to novel substituted and unsubstituted terephthalic acid and carboxylate derivatives and products prepared therefrom having a significant renewable content. The invention also relates to processes for preparing substituted and unsubstituted terephthalic and carboxylate derivatives thereof wherein a portion of the starting materials utilized is derived from renewable resources. The invention also relates to novel cyclohexene based intermediates prepared in these processes and to conversion of these intermediates to substituted and unsubstituted cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylates and carboxylate derivatives thereof and novel forms of the resulting products having renewable content. The invention also relates to products prepared from substituted and unsubstituted terephthalic acid and carboxylate derivatives thereof derived from starting materials derived from renewable resources.
本发明涉及新型的取代和未取代的苯二
甲酸和
羧酸衍
生物及其制备的产品,其具有显著的可再生含量。本发明还涉及制备取代和未取代的苯二
甲酸和
羧酸衍
生物的过程,其中所使用的起始材料的一部分来源于可再生资源。本发明还涉及在这些过程中制备的新型
环己烯基中间体,以及将这些中间体转化为取代和未取代的
环己烷-1,4-二
羧酸酯及其
羧酸衍
生物和具有可再生含量的新型形式的所得产品。本发明还涉及从可再生资源衍生的起始材料制备的取代和未取代的苯二
甲酸和
羧酸衍
生物的产品。