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An improvement in a process for decomposing mixtures of cyclohexane and cyclohexyl hydroperoxide is provided. According to the improved process, a mixture comprising cyclohexane and cyclohexyl hydroperoxide is contacted with a catalyst consisting essentially of Co3O4, MnO2, or Fe3O4 applied to a sui

An improvement in a process for decomposing mixtures of cyclohexane and cyclohexyl hydroperoxide is provided. According to the improved process, a mixture comprising cyclohexane and cyclohexyl hydroperoxide is contacted with a catalyst consisting essentially of Co3O4, MnO2, or Fe3O4 applied to a suitable solid support, at a temperature from about 80°C. to about 130°C., in the presence of molecular oxygen.

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In a process for producing a mixture containing cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone, wherein cyclohexyl hydroperoxide is decomposed in the presence of cyclohexane to provide a mixture containing cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone, the improvement comprising contacting a reaction mixture comprising cyclohexan

In a process for producing a mixture containing cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone, wherein cyclohexyl hydroperoxide is decomposed in the presence of cyclohexane to provide a mixture containing cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone, the improvement comprising contacting a reaction mixture comprising cyclohexane and from about 0.1 to about 10 percent by weight cyclohexyl hydroperoxide with a catalytic amount of a heterogeneous catalyst consisting essentially of MnO2or FeO3O4 applied to a catalyst support selected from the group consisting of SiO2, porous glass, Al2O3, TiO2, ZrO4, and carbon, said catalyst support characterized by a surface area to weight ratio of at least 1 m2/g, at a temperature from about 80°C. to about 130°C., in the presence of from about 0.5 to about 4 moles of molecular oxygen per mole of cyclohexyl hydroperoxide to be decomposed.