Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid → Benzoic Acid

HRID 1611720Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1611720 reaction equation
[CH:1]1([C:7]([OH:9])=[O:8])[CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2]1>C1(C)C=CC=CC=1>[C:7]([OH:9])(=[O:8])[C:1]1[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1

Participants

3

Reactant 1

HCID 7413Cyclohexanecarboxylic acid

Product 1

HCID 243Benzoic Acid

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 1140TolueneSolvent

Procedure

cyclohexanecarboxylic acid process in which toluene is oxidized in air to produce benzoic acid, the produced benzoic acid is hydrogenated to produce cyclohexanecarboxylic acid, and the produced cyclohexanecarboxylic acid is reacted with nitrosylsulfuric acid in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid, to thereby obtain ε-caprolactam;

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-be7b549086bf45c286d621daed4a421a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2006_01
Patent number
US06989444B2

Reaction notes

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