Which among the following catalysts is used in the preparation dacron?

Which among the following catalysts is used in the preparation dacron?
  1. Oxygen
  2. Titanium chloride and triethyl aluminium
  3. Zinc acetate and antimoney trioxide
  4. Peroxide

Solution

Dacron is manufactured by heating a mixture of ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid at \(420-460 \mathrm{~K}\) in the presence of zinc acetate- antimony trioxide catalyst.

Asked in: MHT CET 2020 (20 Oct Shift 1)

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