I am working on developing a pathway for the conversion of phenol to cyclohexane through catalytic approach. Now, I wish to know, the name of the process and the mechanism(s) which would enable the conversion of methylcyclohexane to cyclohexane.
I'm not sure that it would be possible. One of the possible way is to make toluene from methylcyclohexane, oxidize toluene to benzoic acid, then to decarboxylate it to phenol. Thus, you end up with the process you are working on