摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a carboxylic acid, by which the carboxylic acid can safely, simply and efficiently be obtained from an aliphatic ketone compound by its reaction with a hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution in a high yield in simple reaction operations under mild reaction conditions in extremely low toxicity without affecting environments and human bodies and without needing a solvent-removing operation after the finish of the reaction. <P>SOLUTION: This method for producing the carboxylic acid is characterized by reacting an alicyclic ketone oily solution with a hydrogen peroxide aqueous solution in the presence of a catalyst containing the compound of a metal of the group 6 in the periodic table. The compound of the metal of the group 6 in the periodic table is at least one of the compounds of a metal selected from chromium, molybdenum and tungsten. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO |