Benzene → Benzaldehyde

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The experimental procedure was substantially the same as in Example 1 except that the amount of benzene as the starting hydrocarbon compound was decreased to 12 ml while 13.8 ml of isopropyl alcohol were replaced with 18 ml of cyclooctane as the hydrogen donor compound. The result of the analysis of the reaction mixture after completion of the reaction was that the molar yields of benzyl alcohol, benzaldehyde and biphenyl were 6624%, 350% and 8%, respectively, based on the molar amount of the rhodium complex used as the catalyst. Small amounts of cyclooctane carbaldehyde and cyclooctanemethanol were detected in the reaction mixture.

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