| US 7,592,493 B2 | ||
| High shear process for cyclohexanol production | ||
| Abbas Hassan, Sugar Land, Tex. (US); Ebrahim Bagherzadeh, Sugar Land, Tex. (US); Rayford G. Anthony, College Station, Tex. (US); Gregory Borsinger, Chatham, N.J. (US); and Aziz Hassan, Sugar Land, Tex. (US) | ||
| Assigned to H R D Corporation, Houston, Tex. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 12, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/138,279. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/946584, filed on Jun. 27, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0005608 A1, Jan. 01, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. C07C 35/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 568—836 | 13 Claims |
| 1. A method for producing cyclohexanol, the method comprising:
forming a dispersion comprising liquid cyclohexane and oxidant gas utilizing a high shear device, wherein the dispersion comprises
oxidant gas bubbles with a mean diameter of less than about 5 μm, and wherein the high shear device comprises at least one
rotor and at least one stator;
introducing the dispersion into a reactor from which a product comprising cyclohexanol is removed, wherein the operating temperature
within the reactor is maintained at a temperature of less than about 160° C.
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