Patent ID: 9303003
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: C07D

Claim Text:
1. A process, comprising: reacting epichlorohydrin with an alkali metal salt of (meth)acrylic acid in the presence of a catalyst, thereby producing glycidyl (meth)acrylate, wherein reacting the epichlorohydrin with the alkali metal salt of (meth)acrylic acid is in the presence of a Broensted acid in a reaction system in an amount of 0.0001 mol to 0.08 mol per mol of the alkali metal salt of (meth)acrylic acid, wherein a total content of chloropropenyl (meth)acrylate and 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol in a reaction solution is 2770 ppm or less, wherein the catalyst is a quaternary ammonium salt and/or an ion exchange resin comprising a quaternary ammonium salt.