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HRID 514612Generated: October 26, 2026

Adipic Acid → Cyclohexanol cyclohexanone

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantAdipic AcidHCID 196—
SolventCyclohexaneHCID 8078—
ProductCyclohexanol cyclohexanoneHCID 22492587—

Reaction Steps

Adipic acid is generally synthesized from cyclohexane by oxidation of the latter to give a cyclohexanone/cyclohexanol mixture, followed by oxidation of this mixture by nitric acid to give adipic acid.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09108121B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_08
ORD IDord-48ec0ec3f46d432dac63a793f16d6229
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_08