F. Valentini, Niccolò Santillo, Chiara Petrucci
Mar 21, 2018
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We report a procedure for the continuous‐flow production of cyclohexanone from phenol on the basis of the use of sodium formate as a biomass‐derived source of hydrogen and Pd/C as an easily accessible catalyst system. The reaction worked in water at pH 12.0 at 90 °C. By setting a packed reactor charged with the Pd/C catalyst (10 wt %) at a flow rate of 0.5 mL min−1, we achieved continuous‐flow production of cyclohexanone in high yield with high selectivity and productivity.