Epichlorohydrin → 1,2-Epoxy-3-(12-cyclohexyldodecyloxy)propane

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A mixture containing 26.5 g of 12-cyclohexyldodecanol, 27.4 g of epichlorohydrin, 52.6 g of a 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, 2.0 g of cetyltrimethylammonium chloride and 300 ml of toluene is stirred at 60° C. for 24 hours. The resulting reaction mixture is then washed with water, dried and concentrated to leave a residue which in turn is purified by silica gel chromatography to obtain 22.8 g of the captioned compound as a colorless oily substance.

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