Phenol → Cyclohexanone

HRID 2253940Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2253940 reaction equation
[C:1]1([OH:7])[CH:6]=[CH:5][CH:4]=[CH:3][CH:2]=1.[Na].C(=O)([O-])[O-].[Na+].[Na+]>>[C:1]1(=[O:7])[CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2]1.[CH:1]1([OH:7])[CH2:6][CH2:5][CH2:4][CH2:3][CH2:2]1

Participants

5

Reactant 3

HCID 996Phenol2×HCID 10340Sodium CarbonateHCID 5360545Sodium

Product 2

HCID 7966CyclohexanolYield 8%HCID 7967CyclohexanoneYield 91.5%

Procedure

A reduction of phenol was performed at 215° C. and 70 psig, with 0.03 gm. sodium as sodium carbonate per 1000 gm. phenol. After 150 minutes, the reaction yielded 91.5% cyclohexanone and 8% cyclohexanol.

Workup

  1. customwas performed at 215° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-50ffca32900a47a0a4e90922240a2f1a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1993_08
Patent number
US05233095

Reaction notes

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