FORFARANDE FOR FRAMSTELLNING AV CYKLOHEXANON OCH/ELLER CYKLOHEXANOL GENOM KATALYTISK HYDRERING AV CYKLOHEXYLHYDROPEROXID

摘要

A process for the preparation of cycloalkanones and/or cycloalkanols by catalytic hydrogenation of cycloalkyl hydroperoxides is disclosed. In the invented process use is made of a finely divided catalyst that is suspended in the reaction mixture and contains one or more noble metals from Group VIII of the Periodic System of Elements, preferably rhodium, platinum and/or palladium.