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in the examples may be'used for esteri?cation and other
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sulfuric acid.
glycolic acid is then directly esteri?ed without isolation,
under azeotropic esteri?cation conditions. Preferably
cyclohexane is used as agent for carrying along by azeo
EXAMPLE 2
tropic distillation the water formed on esteri?cation.
Condensation of the sodium salt of monochloro acetic 50 Preparation of the Z-Ethyl hexyl ester of methylene bis
acid with sodium thiosulfate is preferably carried out at
thioglycolic acid
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a temperature of about 80 C. and the resulting con
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the acid.