1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)ethane metabolic process +
1,2,4-trichlorobenzene metabolic process
1,4-dichlorobenzene metabolic process +
1-(3,5-dichloro-2,6-dihydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)hexan-1-one metabolic process +
2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid metabolic process +
2,4-dichlorobenzoate metabolic process +
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid metabolic process +
2-aminobenzenesulfonate metabolic process +
2-chloro-N-isopropylacetanilide metabolic process +
3,4-dihydroxybenzoate metabolic process +
3-chlorocatechol metabolic process +
3-phenylpropionate metabolic process +
4-carboxy-4'-sulfoazobenzene metabolic process
4-chlorobiphenyl metabolic process
4-toluenecarboxylate metabolic process +
achromobactin metabolic process +
alginic acid metabolic process +
alpha-amino acid metabolic process +
anthranilate metabolic process +
aromatic amino acid metabolic process +
arsonoacetate metabolic process +
bacillithiol metabolic process +
benzene metabolic process +
benzoate metabolic process +
benzonitrile metabolic process
biphenyl metabolic process +
branched-chain amino acid metabolic process +
bromoxynil metabolic process
carboxylic acid biosynthetic process +
carboxylic acid catabolic process +
carnosine metabolic process +
cephalosporin C metabolic process +
chlorobenzene metabolic process
chrysobactin metabolic process +
cinnamic acid metabolic process +
cspyrone B1 metabolic process +
dicarboxylic acid metabolic process +
endocrocin metabolic process +
ethylbenzene metabolic process +
eugenol metabolic process +
fructoseglycine metabolic process
fructoselysine metabolic process +
fumonisin metabolic process +
gallate catabolic process +
gerfelin metabolic process +
gibberellin metabolic process +
glucosinolate biosynthetic process from phenylalanine
helvolic acid metabolic process +
histidine metabolic process +
homogentisate metabolic process +
homomethionine metabolic process +
icosanoid metabolic process +
iprodione metabolic process
keto-3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid metabolic process +
kynurenine metabolic process +
L-ascorbic acid metabolic process +
mandelate metabolic process +
mannosylglycerate metabolic process +
methylgallate metabolic process +
monensin A metabolic process +
monocarboxylic acid metabolic process +
monodictyphenone metabolic process +
N-acetylmuramic acid metabolic process +
N-acetylneuraminate metabolic process +
nitrobenzene metabolic process +
non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process +
nopaline metabolic process +
o-orsellinic acid metabolic process +
olivetolic acid biosynthetic process
oxylipin metabolic process +
p-cumate metabolic process +
para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process +
pentachlorophenol metabolic process +
phenylacetate catabolic process
phenylmercury acetate metabolic process +
phthalate metabolic process +
The chemical reactions and pathways involving phthalate, the anion of phthalic acid. Phthalic acid diesters are used industrially in the production of a variety of household and consumer goods including plastic polymers, lubricating oils, and carriers for perfumes in cosmetics, while phthalic acid itself is used industrially as a plasticizer. Terephthalate is used in the synthesis of polyethylene terephthalate (polyethene terephthlate, abbreviated PET or PETE), a plastic polymer with many commercial uses.