METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HIGH-PURITY AROMATIC METHYL ALCOHOL AND HIGH-PURITY AROMATIC METHYL ALCOHOL COMPOSITION HAVING EXCELLENT PRESERVATION STABILITY

• Main Authors: DOI TAKASHI, FUJITSU SATORU, OOMORI KIYOSHI, KATSURA RYOUSUKE, KIMURA KEISUKE, YOSHIDA YOSHIHIRO, YASUDA SHINJI, DOUYAMA DAISUKE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.12.2012
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS OF ALKALI METALS, i.e. LITHIUM, SODIUM, POTASSIUM,RUBIDIUM, CAESIUM, OR FRANCIUM; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; SEPARATION; TRANSPORTING

An object of the present invention is to provide a high-purity aromatic methyl alcohol compound having reduced a bis(arylmethyl)ether compound as a side product mixed thereinto and a high-purity aromatic methyl alcohol composition having excellent preservation stability and methods for producing them. The object of the present invention is achieved by a method for producing a high-purity aromatic methyl alcohol compound, which comprises obtaining a high-purity aromatic methyl alcohol compound in high yield from an aromatic methyl alcohol-containing crude product by subjecting the crude product to distillation in the presence of an anti-decomposition agent. Further, the object for the preservation stability is achieved by producing a high-purity aromatic methyl alcohol composition using the obtained high-purity aromatic methyl alcohol compound.