Phenol → Cyclohexanol

HRID 1297559Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1297559 reaction equation
[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[C:8]1([OH:14])[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=1.C1CCCCC1.[H][H].[H][H].C1(O)C=CC=CC=1.C1(=O)CCCCC1>[Pd].C1CCCCC1>[CH:1]1([OH:7])[CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2]1.[C:8]1([OH:14])[CH:13]=[CH:12][CH:11]=[CH:10][CH:9]=1

Participants

9

Reactant 5

HCID 996Phenol4×HCID 7967CyclohexanoneHCID 21202897Phenol cyclohexaneHCID 178418361HCID 178418361, compoundHCID 178515949HCID 178515949, compound

Product 2

HCID 996PhenolHCID 7966CyclohexanolYield 2%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 23938PalladiumCatalystHCID 8078CyclohexaneSolvent

Procedure

In the case of hydrogenating phenol through a phenol hydrogenation process of prior art, for example by using an alumina-supported palladium catalyst, and introducing a mixed solution of phenol and cyclohexane with a phenol/cyclohexane molar ratio of ½ at a phenol flow rate of 0.0135 mol/hr into a hydrogen gas stream (hydrogen/phenol molar ratio=5.4) and carrying out reaction at 230° C., at the start of the flow reaction 98% cyclohexanone and 2% cyclohexanol were produced at a phenol conversion ratio of 77%. However, with this method, there is a drawback that a drop in activity and hence a drop in the conversion ratio occurs due to carbonaceous matter accumulating on the catalyst, and hence the conversion ratio became 63% thirty minutes after the start of the reaction, 55% after 1 hour, 44% after 2 hours, and 42% after 8 hours. Moreover, with this method, experimental operation using only phenol was difficult, and hence the phenol had to be used with harmful cyclohexane as a solvent (N. Mahata and V. Vishwanathan, Journal of Catalysis, 196, 262-270 (2000)).

Workup

  1. customreaction at 230° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-db1299e6a46949fba6e445f8473a9ad0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2007_07
Patent number
US07250537B2

Reaction notes

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