Benzonitrile → Cyclohexanone

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To 20 ml of benzonitrile were added 10 mmol of cyclohexane, 1 mmol of N-hydroxyphthalimide and 0.05 mmol of acetylacetonatocobalt Co(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 2.4%), cyclohexanol (yield 1%) with a conversion of not more than 5%. Adipic acid was not detected.

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