Adipic Acid → Cyclohexanone

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Reaction Steps

To 10 ml of benzonitrile were added 10 mmol of cyclohexane, 1 mmol of N-hydroxyphthalimide, 0.01 mmol of cobalt acetate Co(OAc)2, and 0.1 mmol of acetylacetonatochromium Cr(AA)3 and the resultant mixture was stirred under an oxygen atmosphere at a temperature of 75° C. for 16 hours. The products in the reaction mixture were analyzed by gas chromatography, and, as a result, cyclohexane was converted into cyclohexanone (yield 10%), cyclohexanol (yield 0.8%) and adipic acid (trace amount) with a conversion of 33%.

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