Cyclohexanone → (1,1'-Biphenyl)-2-ol

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The same procedure as in Example 1 is repeated except that in place of 1g of chloroplatinic acid hexahydrate, 2.5g of potassium sulfate and at a rate of 15.5 ml/hr. of cyclohexanone dimer, 1.25g of chloropalladium, 2.0g of potassium sulfate and at a rate of 8.0 ml/hr. are employed. The conversion is found to be always 100% over the reaction period of 2,000 hours. Table 2 gives the selectivity for o-phenylphenol measured.

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