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Transcribed Image Text:1. Terephthalic acid, an important raw material for making Dacron, a synthetic fibre, is made
from para-xylene by the following reaction.
он
+ 30,
+ 2 H,0
CH3
OH
para-sylene
terephthalic acid
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What mass of terephthalic acid could be made from 154 grams of para-xylene?
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