Styrene → 1-Phenyl-1,2-ethanediol

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To 9 mL of a solvent consisting of water-acetone-acetonitrile (1:1:1) were added 1 g of styrene, 1.5 g of N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide and 1.24 g of the metal oxide carried on the cross-linked polymer compound which was obtained in Example 2, followed by allowing a reaction to take place at room temperature for 5 hours with stirring. After the reaction, the metal oxide carried on the cross-linked polymer compound was recovered by filtration from the reaction solution, and the reaction solution was extracted with ethyl acetate and the organic layer was washed with water, concentrated and purified by column chromatography to give 1.2 g of 1-phenyl-1,2-ethanediol (yield: 86.2%).

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