Method for producing alicyclic alcohols

摘要

A method for producing alicyclic alcohols by the hydration of olefins in the presence of an aromatic sulfonic acid, which comprises incorporating molybdic acid or its salt and/or vanadium oxide, vanadic acid or its salt in the reaction system. The alicyclic alcohols are useful as intermediates for caprolactam, adipic acid, insecticides, etc.