METHOD OF PREPARING MIXTURE OF CYCLOHEXANOL AND CYCLOHEXANONE Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC C07C35/08 C07C49/403 C07C45/53 C07C27/00 C07C409/06 C07C407/00 

FIELD: chemistry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to a method of preparing a mixture of cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone which are intermediate products in production of polyamides nylon-6 and nylon-6.6. The method is realised at high temperature and high pressure and involves the following successive cycles: oxidation of cyclohexane - decomposition of cyclohexylhydroperoxide, wherein oxidation of cyclohexane and decomposition of cyclohexylhydroperoxide are carried out in separate series-connected reactors without intermediate separation of the aqueous phase, whereby in each separate cycle, cyclohexane is oxidised with air or an oxygen-containing gas in liquid phase in the absence of a catalyst until conversion of cyclohexane of not more than 1.5 mol %, and the cyclohexylhydroperoxide formed during oxidation of cyclohexane is decomposed on a heterogeneous catalyst in a separate reactor until conversion of not less than 90 mol %.

EFFECT: method increases overall selectivity of converting cyclohexane to cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol and also considerably reduces formation of by-products.

9 cl, 19 ex, 2 tbl, 1 dwg