Process for the preparation of cyclohexanol.

摘要

Process for the preparation of potentially available cyclohexanol by reaction of cyclohexene and water, in the presence of a zeolite H-ZSM-5 as catalyst, the said reaction being also conducted in the presence of a carboxylic acid which is liquid under the conditions of reaction. A potentially available cyclohexanol means a mixture containing free cyclohexanol and cyclohexanol combined in the form of the carboxylate corresponding to the carboxylic acid present in the reaction mixture.