Adipic Acid → Cyclohexanol cyclohexanone

HRID 514612

Reaction equation

HRID 514612 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:10])(=O)[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6](O)=O>C1CCCCC1>[C:1]1(=[O:10])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6]1.[CH:1]1([OH:10])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6]1

Participants

3

Reactant 1

HCID 196Adipic Acid

Product 1

HCID 22492587Cyclohexanol cyclohexanone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 8078CyclohexaneSolvent

Procedure

Adipic acid is generally synthesized from cyclohexane by oxidation of the latter to give a cyclohexanone/cyclohexanol mixture, followed by oxidation of this mixture by nitric acid to give adipic acid.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-48ec0ec3f46d432dac63a793f16d6229
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2015_08
Patent number
US09108121B2

Linked notes

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