Water → 2-Ethylhexanol

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In a 300 ml four-necked flask equipped with a reflux condenser, Dean-Stark water separator, thermometer, stirrer, dropping funnel and oil bath there were charged 22.8 g of the 4,5-epoxy-N-allylcyclohexane-1,2-dicarboximide obtained in Reference Example 2, 180 g of toluene and 0.05 g of a 2-ethylhexanol solution containing 2 wt % platinic chloride, after which the oil bath kept at 140° C. was used for azeotropic dewatering while circulating for 1 hour, and after confirming lack of water runoff, a total of 36.3 g of the silicon compound represented by the following formula (X):

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