Sodium Hydroxide → 1-O-Pentylglycerol

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In an autoclave, 163 g of the crude pentyl glycidyl ether, 108 g of water, 7.3 g of adipic acid and 10.4 g of sodium hydroxide were charged. The resulting mixture was heated to 200° C. while stirring. After stirring for 2 hours, 1.6 g of sodium hydroxide was added. The resulting reaction mixture was dehydrated at 100° C. under reduced pressure (5.32 kPa), followed by purification by distillation under reduced pressure (133 to 266 Pa, 114 to 115° C.) , whereby 117 g of monopentyl glyceryl ether was obtained. As a result of GLC, it was found that the resulting compound had a purity not less than 99% and the content of organochlorine compounds was not greater than 100 ppm.

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