METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYETHER

摘要

To provide a method for producing a polyether having a weight average molecular weight of from 15,000 to 550,000. The method for producing a polyether having a weight average molecular weight of from 15,000 to 550,000, comprises subjecting a cyclic monomer to a ring-opening addition reaction to an initiator having at least one active hydrogen atom per molecule in the presence of a double metal cyanide complex catalyst and an organic solvent, wherein the relative permittivity of the organic solvent is at most 18, and the amount of the organic solvent is from 6 to 300 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass in total of the initiator and the cyclic monomer.