Mixture of alicyclic polycarboxylic esters having high cis content

An alicyclic polycarboxylic acid ester mixture, comprising:

• at least two isomers of an alicyclic polycarboxylic acid ester whose structures are determined by the positions of the ester groups on the ring system of the ester compound, with the exception of dimethyl 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylates, wherein the proportion of the cis isomers in the isomer mixture is above 93 mol %, and wherein the alicyclic polycarboxylic acid ester mixture is prepared by hydrogenating the corresponding aromatic polycarboxylic acid esters over a catalyst which comprises a precious metal of the 8th transition metal Group of the Periodic Table and at least one metal of the 2nd transition Group of the Periodic Table.