The world's first industrial unit for esterification of cyclohexanone is operating smoothly

February 20, 2024

As of February 15, Sinopec has independent intellectual property rights and is the world's first industrialized unit that adopts a complete set of new technologies for cyclohexene esterification and hydrogenation to produce cyclohexanone.Hunan Petrochemical has been completed and put into operation for two months . It is operating smoothly and has qualified output. Cyclohexanol (CAS 108-93-0), cyclohexanone (CAS 108-94-1), cyclohexane (CAS 110-82-7), crude ethanol, etc., the cumulative production of cyclohexanone is nearly 26,000 tons, and the current daily production of cyclohexanone is about 400 tons.

From：China Chemical Networ