Process for the preparation of cyclohexanone

    公开(公告)号:DE3203286A1

    公开(公告)日:1982-12-09

    申请号:DE3203286

    申请日:1982-02-01

    Abstract: The invention provides an effective process for the preparation of cyclohexanone by liquid-phase oxidation of cyclohexene in the presence of a catalyst system. The degree of conversion of cyclohexene and the yield of cyclohexanone are unexpectedly increased if the reaction mixture brought into contact with oxygen or air contains a limited amount of an aliphatic alcohol having 2 to 10 carbon atoms in the molecule, such as, for example, ethyl alcohol, and the catalyst system is composed of a palladium compound, for example PdCl2, and at least one co-catalyst component in the form of a copper compound or an iron compound such as CuCl2 or FeCl3. The benzene or cyclohexane added to the reaction mixture was found to have no adverse effects or even gave improved results in the reaction and provide further advantages for the process, in which the starting cyclohexane need not be purified and can be used as prepared by partial hydrogenation of benzene or partial dehydrogenation of cyclohexane.

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