PRODUCTION POLYOL ALKYL ETHER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for more readily producing a polyol alkyl ether without using a solvent. SOLUTION: This method for producing a polyol alkyl ether comprises a first process for reacting a monoacetal of a 4-6C polyol containing >=4 hydroxy groups with a conjugated diene in the presence of a Pd compound and a tertiary phosphine or phosphite, a Pd-tertiary phosphine complex or a Pd-phosphite complex to give an ether derivative containing an alkanedienyl group obtained by dimerization of a conjugated diene, a process for hydrogenating the alkanedienyl group in the presence of a catalyst containing an element of the group 8 and a process for hydrolyzing an acetal in the presence of an acid catalyst.