Adipic Acid → Cyclohexanol

HRID 618979Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 618979 reaction equation
[C:1]([OH:10])(=O)[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][C:6](O)=O>[Mn].C1CCCCC1>[C:1]1(=[O:10])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6]1.[CH:1]1([OH:10])[CH2:2][CH2:3][CH2:4][CH2:5][CH2:6]1

Participants

5

Reactant 1

HCID 196Adipic Acid

Product 2

HCID 7966CyclohexanolHCID 7967Cyclohexanone

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 2

HCID 23930ManganeseCatalystHCID 8078CyclohexaneSolvent

Procedure

The reaction was conducted in the same manner as Example A1-1 except that the manganese compound was not used. Cyclohexane was transformed into adipic acid with a transformation rate of 56% and a yield of 10%. Incidentally, cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol were formed in yields of 36% and 4%, respectively.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-f5667bdbd3ea49b886b3e4e02bf09ef8
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_09
Patent number
US05958821

Reaction notes

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