Process for producing alpha-phenylethyl alcohol

摘要

A process for producing alpha-phenylethyl alcohol, which comprises supplying a raw material containing acetophenone into a reactor and hydrogenating acetophenone in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, wherein the concentrations of organic acids and sulfur-containing acids in the raw material containing acetophenone are 1 mumol/g or less and 0.5 mumol/g or less, respectively.