Patent ID: 7265232

Claim:
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); ArOH (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); R 1 R 2 R 3 R 4 N + X − (4) wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are the same or different, and are alkyl group, alkenyl group, aralkyl group or aryl group, and X− is chloride ion, bromide ion, iodide ion, hydrogensulfate ion or hydroxide ion, and with one to three moles of epihalohydrin represented by the following formula (2); 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.