A process for producing highly pure
3
-l-menthoxypropane-
1,2
-diol safely and efficiently, and an intermediate to be used in the process.
3
-l-menthoxypropane-
1,2
-diol represented by the chemical formula (IV) is produced by adding l-menthol to a
1,2
-epoxy-
3
-halogenopropane represented by the following general formula (I) (wherein X represents a halogen atom) in an organic solvent in the presence of a Lewis acid to produce a novel
1
-halogeno-
3
-l-menthoxypropan-
2
-ol represented by the following general formula (II), then, epoxidating it with a base in the presence of a phase transfer catalyst to produce a
1,2
-epoxy-
3
-l-menthoxypropane represented by the chemical formula (III), and further hydrolyzing it.
一种生产高纯3-l-menthoxypropane-1,2-diol的安全高效工艺,以及用于该工艺的中间体。通过在有机溶剂中加入l-menthol到下列通式(I)(其中X代表卤素原子)所代表的1,2-环氧-3-卤代
丙烷中,在
路易斯酸存在下生成一种新的1-卤代-3-l-menthoxypropan-2-ol,其通式为(II),然后在相转移催化剂存在下,用碱对其进行环氧化反应,得到3-l-menthoxypropane-1,2-diol的前体1,2-环氧-3-l-menthoxypropane,其
化学式为(III),最后进行
水解反应得到3-l-menthoxypropane-1,2-diol,其
化学式为(IV)。