An object of the present invention is to provide a process capable of
producing cycloalkanol and/or cycloalkanone with a favorable selectivity
by oxidizing cycloalkane with a favorable conversion.Disclosed is a
process for producing cycloalkanol and/or cycloalkanone, which comprises
oxidizing cycloalkane with oxygen in the presence of mesoporous silica,
wherein (1) the mesoporous silica contains at least one transition metal,
and (2) a ratio of total volume of mesoporous silica particles having a
particle diameter of 20 .mu.m or less to total volume of entire
mesoporous silica particles is 25% or more in the mesoporous silica.