It serves as a non-polar solvent for resins fats waxes and oils in nylon-66 production via adipic acid synthesis and in chromatography or extractions. Additional uses include calibration standards and chemical intermediates.

Its primary purpose leverages chemical inertness low toxicity and solvency for non-polar substances enabling safe industrial processing and reactions while minimizing ring strain through conformational flexibility.

Cyclohexane is a cycloalkane and a flammable liquid with a petrol-like odor. It is typically produced by hydrogenating benzene in the presence of nickel or platinum catalysts. Serving as a key precursor in polyamide production cyclohexane also constitutes the structural framework of many naturally occurring compounds. Its conformational behavior has been studied across a wide temperature range (1001200 C). Additionally oxidation of cyclohexane using Cu-nanoclusters supported on nanocrystalline CrO has been shown to yield cyclohexanol and cyclohexanone.