The hydrogenation of cyclohexyl acetate (CHA), derived from the esterification of acetic acid and cyclohexene, not only alleviates the overcapacity of acetic acid, but also produces value-added cyclohexanol (CHOL) and ethanol at a low cost. Herein, we prepared Cu 1 Al 1 , Cu 1 Mn 1 and Cu x Al 1 Mn 2À x catalysts via a deposition-precipitation method for the hydrogenation of CHA to CHOL and ethanol. As a result, the ternary Cu x Al 1 Mn 2À x catalysts exhibited superior behaviors to Cu 1 Al 1 and Cu 1 Mn 1 . To our delight, Cu 1 Al 1 Mn 1 had a 95.0 % CHA conversion and 93.6 % selectivity to CHOL along with 97.6 % selectivity to ethanol in a batch reactor. Based on detailed characterization, the ternary Cu x Al 1 Mn 2À x catalysts possessed more uniformed dispersion of Cu particles, less aggregation and larger BET specific surface area than the binary catalysts. Furthermore, Cu 1 Al 1 Mn 1 possessed the highest Cu 0 /(Cu 0 + Cu + ) molar ratio, the highest (Mn 2 + + Mn 3 + )/Mn 4 + molar ratio and the most abundant surface oxygen vacancies, facilitating the adsorption and activation of CHA and hydrogen. In addition, Cu 1 Al 1 Mn 1 had excellent stability (> 500 h) in a fixed-bed reactor.