Method for co-producing cyclohexanol and ethanol

The invention provides a method for co-producing cyclohexanol and ethanol, which is characterized in that benzene is taken as an initial raw material, selective hydrogenation through benzene, addition esterification of cyclohexene, and hydrogenation of acetate and cyclohexyl acetate are carried out to co-produce cyclohexanol and ethanol. The method has the following characteristics that 1)the esterification reaction and the hydrogenation reaction of acid and ester have high selectivity, and the atom utilization rate is high; 2)the process is eco-friendly; 3) when cyclohexanol is produced, ethanol is simultaneously co-produced; and 4) the reaction rectification is employed for addition esterification, and the reaction efficiency can be obviously increased.