Cyclic process for the preparation of cyclohexene oxide as well as of cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone

摘要

Preparation of cyclohexene oxide as well as cyclohexanol and cyclohexanon, in which … …  a) cyclohexane is oxidised with a gas containing molecular oxygen, with the formation of cyclohexyl hydroperoxide, cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone, …  b) the mixture of a) and c) are separated together by distillation, …  c) the cyclohexyl hydroperoxide fraction from b) is reacted with cyclohexene in the presence of transition metal compounds from groups 4 to 6, with the formation of cyclohexene oxide, and the product is separated into b). …