Patent ID: 7265232
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: C07D

Abstract:
1. A process for preparing a glycidyl ether represented by the following formula (3); wherein Ar is unsubstituted phenyl, phenyl substituted by saturated or unsaturated alkyl, phenyl substituted by alkoxy, or phenyl substituted by halogen, 1-naphthyl or 2-naphthyl, which comprises reacting an alcohol represented by the following formula (1); wherein Ar is the same as defined above, at 0 to 50° C. in the presence of one mole or more than one mole of a base, and a quaternary ammonium salt represented by the following formula (4); wherein R wherein X is halogen atom, in a two-layer system of a nonaqueous organic solvent selected from the group consisting of toluene, tert-butylmethyl ether and 1,2-dichloroethane, and an aqueous solvent.