Patent ID: 8759553
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: C07D

Abstract:
1. A method for producing an epoxy compound wherein a compound with a carbon-carbon double bond is epoxidized by using hydrogen peroxide as an oxidizing agent, in the presence of acetonitrile, the method comprising conducting an epoxidation reaction and then conducting the following steps: a first step of adding water and an organic solvent that is incompatible with water and does not dissolve an acetamide by-product of the epoxidation reaction to a reaction mixture, upon completion of the epoxidation reaction, to dissolve the acetamide by-product in the water, a second step of separating an organic layer and an aqueous layer, and a third step of subjecting the organic layer to reduction treatment, and then rinsing and concentrating it to provide an epoxy compound.