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Production method of ketone compound
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Page 3, (2008/06/13)
A method for producing a ketone, particularly a macrocyclic ketone, from a 2-hydroxycycloalkanone having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms by efficiently dehydrating and reducing the acyloin in a single reaction vessel. A method for producing a ketone compound, which comprises dehydrating and reducing an acyloin in the coexistence of an acid catalyst and a reduction catalyst and in the presence of hydrogen, particularly using a 2-hydroxycycloalkanone having from 12 to 18 carbon atoms as the acyloin.