Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2013, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 251-256.DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1088.2013.20949

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A new method for preparation of cylohexanol from benzene

LOU Shujie, XIAO Chaoxian, SUN Geng, KOU Yuan*   

  1. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2012-11-30 Revised:2012-12-20 Online:2013-01-23 Published:2013-01-23

Abstract: A new process to prepare cyclohexanol from benzene has been developed by a three-step approach. First, the benzene is selectively hydrogenated to cyclohexene by using soluble Ru nanoparticles as catalyst. Second, the epoxidation of cyclohexene can be achieved by literature methods. Then, in the end, the hydrogenation of cyclohexane oxide was performed by using anhydrous Raney-Ni as catalyst. It was found that in step one and three, the overall yield to produce cylohexanol from benzene reaches 14% under the optimized reaction conditions.

Key words: benzene, cyclohexanol, cyclohexane oxide, ruthenium nanoparticle, Raney-Ni