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BENZOIC ACID

oxidized at high temperature and pressure over a cobalt
Benzoic acid. Red atoms are
catalyst. In a second procedure, phthalic anhydride
oxygen; white atoms are hydrogen;
(C 6 H 4 (CO) 2 O) is heated to remove carbon dioxide, with the
and black atoms are carbon.
formation of benzoic acid. In the third method, toluene is
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