Process for preparing glycidylphthalimide

摘要

A process for preparing glycidylphtalimide or its optically active compound by reacting phthalimide with an epihalohydrin or an optically active epihalohydrin in the presence of an alkali metal carbonate, an alkali metal hydrogencarbonate or a quaternary ammonium salt to obtain a N-(3-halogeno-2-hydroxypropyl)phthalimide and then cyclizing the product with an alkali metal alkoxide.