Patent ID: 7230145

Claim:
A process for producing a both end-hydroxyl group-terminated diol, wherein an epoxy alcohol represented by the following general formula (1) is subjected to a hydrogenolysis reaction in the presence of a catalyst for producing both end-hydroxyl group terminated diols, which catalyst contains at least one element selected from the group consisting of Group V elements, Group VI elements, Group VII elements, Group VIII elements, Group IX elements, Group X elements, and Group XI elements in the periodic table, in the presence of at least one solvent selected from the group consisting of ethers, esters, aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, alicyclic hydrocarbon compounds and aliphatic hydrocarbon compounds, to thereby obtain a both end-hydroxyl group-terminated diol represented by the following general formula (2): General formula (1): (wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms, or an aryl group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms and n represents an integer of 1 to 6); General formula (2): (wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represents hydrogen, a cycloalkyl group, an aryl group or an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, and n represents an integer of 1 to 6).