Abstract
Several aliphatic alcohold such as methanol (Ia), ethanol (Ib), propanol (Ic), butanol (Id), amyl alcohol (Ie), benzyl alcohol (If), isopropyl alcohol (Ig), cyclohexanol (Ih), t-butanol (Ii), and t-amyl alcohol (Ij) were allowed to react with bis(chloromethyl) ether using sodium hydroxide as a base in dimethyl sulfoxide as a solvent, in a noncatalytic heterogeneous reaction, while the concentrations of the alcohols (Ia-j) were maintained low by using an apparatus and procedure devised by the present authors. The corresponding bis(alkoxymethyl) ethers were obtained in a comparatively good yeild with high purity in a short period.
