Producers of cyclohexane account for approximately 11.4% of global demand for benzene. The reaction is highly exothermic, with ?H(500 K) = -216.37 kJ/mol. Dehydrogenation commenced noticeably above 300 °C, reflecting the favorable entropy for dehydrogenation.

History of synthesis

Unlike benzene, cyclohexane is not found in natural resources such as coal. For this reason, early investigators synthesized their cyclohexane samples.

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