p-Toluenesulfonic acid → Cyclohexanone, 3,3-dimethyl-

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9.260 g of 5% Pd/C were placed in a 2 L glass-steel autoclave with glass-liner. 65 g of dimedone, 146 mL of isopropanol and 2.580 g of p-toluene sulfonic acid were added. The glass-liner was closed and stirring was started with 500 rpm. The autoclave was flushed three times with 5 bara N2. The stirrer was turned off and the autoclave was pressurized with 5 bara H2 for 10 minutes for pressure check. The pressure was released. The stirrer was turned on again to 500 rpm and the autoclave was heated to 85° C. internal temperature. The autoclave was pressurized with 2 bara H2 and the stirrer was set to 1000 rpm. The reaction mixture was stirred under 2 bara H2 at 85° C. until 123% of the theoretical H2-amount had been consumed. Then stirring was slowed to 500 rpm, the autoclave was cooled to an internal temperature below 25° C. and depressurized. After three times flushing with N2 at 5 bara for 100 minutes stirring was stopped and the autoclave was opened. The content was sucked and filtrated over a 0.45 μm filter. A 30 mL filtrated sample was diluted with 1 mL of isopropanol and 5 mg of NaHCO3 and then analyzed by GC.

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