Glycidyl ethers

Claim 1

A PROCESS FOR PREPARING A POLYOXYPROPYLENE MONOGLYCIDYL ETHER HAVING A MOLECULAR WEIGHT WITHIN THE RANGE OF ABOUT 200 TO ABOUT 800 WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF REACTING ALLYL ALCOHOL WITH FROM ABOUT 3 TO ABOUT 12 MOLS OF PROPYLENE OXIDE PER MOL OF ALLYL ALCOHOL UNDER BASIC CONDITIONS TO PROVIDE AN ALLYLPOLYOXYPROPYLENE GLYCOL INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT, TREATING AN AQUEOUS SOLUTION OF SAID INTERMEDIATE ALLYLPLOXYPROPYLENE GLYCOL WITH MOLECULAR CHLORINE AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM ABOUT -10*C. TO ABOUT 40*C. TO PROVIDE A CORRESPONDING CHLOROHYDRIN DERIVATIVE, DEHYDROCHLORINATING SAID CHLOROHYDRIN DERIVATIVE UNDER BASIC CONDITIONS AT A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF 0* TO NOT MORE THAN ABOUT 40*C. TO PROVIDE A REACTION MIXTURE COMPRISING SAID POLYOXYPROPYLENE MONOGLYCIDYL ETHER, NEUTRALIZING SAID REACTION MIXTURE AND WARMING SAID REACTION MIXTURE TO A TEMPERATURE WITHIN THE RANGE OF MORE THAN 40*C. TO ABOUT 1000*C. WHEREBY PHASE SEPARATION OCCURS AND SAID REACTION MIXTURE SEPARATES INTO AN AQUEOUS PHASE AND AN ORGANIC PHASE CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF SAID POLYOXYPROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOGLYCIDYL ETHER AND RECOVERING SAID POLYOXYPROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOGLYCIDYL ETHER.