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In the absence of catalyst, 70%hydrogen peroxide was used to oxidize succinic anhydride to solid mo-noperoxysuccinic acid (PSA). Then PSA was applied to synthesis ofε-caprolactone (ε-CL) by oxidation of cyclo-hexanone in the heterogeneous system. In order to achieve material recycle, solid precipitated in the process of synthesizing ε-CL was dehydrated via reactive distillation followed by recrystallization to prepare succinic anhy-dride, which was characterized by IR (infrared spectra) and 1HNMR (1H nuclear magnetic resonance). Effects of molar ratio of PSA to cyclohexanone, acetic acid dosage, reaction temperature, reaction time on conversion of cyclohexanone, yield and selectivity ofε-CL were investigated respectively. The results indicated that conversion of cyclohexanone, yield and selectivity of ε-CL were upto 98.1%, 97.5% and 99.4% respectively under the optimal conditions. In addition, in the process of synthesizing succinic anhydride, the optimal yield of succinic anhydride reached 67.4%.