Water → Cyclohexanol

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Reaction Steps

1.29 g of cyclohexyl formate and 0.85 g of water were heated at 150° C. in an autoclave having a capacity of 25 mL, with stirring over a period of 2h. The pressure was 3.2 bar. The reaction mixture comprised two-phases both during and after the reaction. For analysis purposes, the two-phase effluent was homogenized with acetone. There were obtained, in addition to unconverted cyclohexyl formate, 6.5 mol %of cyclohexanol and 0.6 mol %of cyclohexene. Other by-products were not found. Quantitative analysis was carried out using GC (internal standard).

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