摘要 |
<p>1. A process for the hydroxylation of cyclopentene, cyclohexene, cycloheptene, bicyclo-(2,2,1)-heptadiene-2,5 or the cyclic dimerisation products of butadiene or isoprene, and the isomerisation products thereof, by a reaction with formic acid having a concentration of more than 20% by weight and hydrogen peroxide having a concentration of less than 50% by weight and in a quantity of less than 2 mols per mol of double bond to be hydroxylated, at a temperature of from 40 to 80 degrees C, characterised in that the olefin to be hydroxylated is reacted with less than 2 mols of formic acid per mol of double bond to be hydroxylated and with the hydrogen peroxide, formic acid having a concentration of from 20 to 100% by weight is used, and the concentration of the hydrogen peroxide in the aqueous phase of the reaction mixture is maintained below 15% by weight for the complete duration of the reaction.</p> |