Process for Decomposing Cyclohexylhydroperoxide

Process for decomposing cyclohexylhydroperoxide into cyclohexanone, said process comprising mixing an organic feed solution comprising cyclohexylhydroperoxide with an aqueous base solution in the absence of a transition metal catalyst resulting in a mixture comprising (i) an aqueous phase and (ii) an organic phase comprising cyclohexanone and cyclohexanol, wherein the pH of the aqueous phase is higher than 9, measured at 25° C., and wherein said mixing is effected at a temperature lower than 170° C., and wherein the volume ratio of the aqueous phase to the organic phase is higher than 0.1.