METHOD FOR PRODUCING HEXYL 4-HYDROXYBENZOATE

• Main Authors: KUNIMITSU YUSHI, KIDA YUSUKE, MOTOOKA RYOTA, TSUCHIYA MIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 21.06.2018
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a production method that makes it possible to obtain hexyl 4-hydroxybenzoate with excellent productivity, reduced by-products, and high yield, and a production method that makes it possible to obtain high-purity hexyl 4-hydroxybenzoate.SOLUTION: The present invention provides a method for producing hexyl 4-hydroxybenzoate represented by formula (1), including the step of making a reaction occur between hexyl 4-hydroxybenzoate of 1 molar equivalent and 1-hexanol of 0.8-3.0 molar equivalents in the presence of an acid catalyst.SELECTED DRAWING: None 【課題】生産性に優れるとともに、副生物の生成を抑制し、高収率で４−ヒドロキシ安息香酸ヘキシルが得られる製造方法を提供すること、および高純度の４−ヒドロキシ安息香酸ヘキシルが得られる製造方法を提供すること。【解決手段】酸触媒の存在下、４−ヒドロキシ安息香酸１モル当量と１−ヘキサノール０．８〜３．０モル当量とを反応させる工程を含む、式（１）で表される４−ヒドロキシ安息香酸ヘキシルの製造方法。【選択図】なし