Acetone → Cyclohexanol

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Reaction Steps

After adding FeCl2 ·4H2O (0.3 g), Pd/alumina(Pd content 1%, 1 g) and cyclohexane (5 g) to the mixture of acetone (17 ml) and acetic acid (3 ml), it was stirred in a flow of hydrogen and oxygen gases at the respective rate of 20 ml/min. As the result of reaction for 3 hours at 30° C. under atmospheric pressure, 3.94 mole % of cyclohexanol and 0.83 mole % cyclohexanone with the total yield of 4.77 mole % were obtained.

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