Patent 7888517 was granted and assigned to Kao Corporation on February, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a process for producing glycidol from glycerol carbonate as a raw material with a high yield. The process for producing glycidol according to the present invention includes the steps of (1) reducing a content of a salt having a weak acidity in glycerol carbonate to 1500 ppm by mass or less; and (2) obtaining the glycidol from the glycerol carbonate.