Patent ID: 7652177
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A process for production of an alcohol compound represented by the formula (3): wherein X 1 , X 2 , X 3 and X 4 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, Z represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R represents a halogen-substituted alkenyl group, and n represents an integer of 2 or 3; which comprises reacting a phenol represented by the formula (1): wherein X 1 , X 2 , X 3 , X 4 , Z and R are as defined above, with a haloalcohol represented by the formula (2): wherein Y represents a chlorine atom or a bromine atom, and n is as defined above, in a biphase system composed of a water-immiscible organic solvent and an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution in the presence of a phase-transfer catalyst.