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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2008
Masahiro Hoshino, Niihama, JP;
Nobufumi Watanabe, Niihama, JP;
Masahiro Hoshino, Niihama, JP;
Nobufumi Watanabe, Niihama, JP;
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a process capable of producing cycloalkanol and/or cycloalkanone with a favorable selectivity by oxidizing cycloalkane with a favorable conversion. Disclosed is a process for producing cycloalkanol and/or cycloalkanone, which comprises oxidizing cycloalkane with oxygen in the presence of mesoporous silica, wherein (1) the mesoporous silica contains at least one transition metal, and (2) a ratio of total volume of mesoporous silica particles having a particle diameter of 20 μm or less to total volume of entire mesoporous silica particles is 25% or more in the mesoporous silica.