Oxygen → 2-Cyclohexen-1-one

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Reaction Steps

To 25 milliliters of acetonitrile were added 1.64 grams (20 millimoles) of cyclohexene, 0.26 gram (1.6 millimoles) of N-hydroxyphthalimide and 0.043 gram (0.12 millimole) of acetylacetonatocobalt Co(AA)2. The resultant mixture was stirred in an oxygen atmosphere at 100° C. for 6 hours. The products in the reaction mixture were analyzed with gas chromatography, and cyclohexene was transformed, with a transformation rate of 90%, into 2-cyclohexen-1-one (selectivity based on cyclohexene 72%, yield 65%) and 2-cyclohexen-1-ol (selectivity based on cyclohexene 14%, yield 13%).

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