Reaktion #701000

Reaktionsgleichung

6-hydroxycaproic acid

cyclohexane

→

1,6-Hexanediol

cyclohexanone cyclohexanol

Lösungsmittel

water

Reaktionsbedingungen

Vorschrift

1,6-Hexanediol is prepared from a carboxylic acid mixture comprising adipic acid, 6-hydroxycaproic acid and small amounts of 1,4-cyclohexanediols which is obtained as a by-product in the oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanone/cyclohexanol by water extraction of the reaction mixture, by esterification of the acids and hydrogenation wherein

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