A process for the preparation of 1-alkyl glycerol

The invention relates to a process for producing a 1-Alkylglycerinethers of formula (I) in which (A) a Alkylglycidether of formula (II) in which R is a straight and branched C1 to to (X) a carboxylic acid having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, (Y) an ester of a carboxylic acid having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and / or (Z) an anhydride of a carboxylic acid having 1 to 10 carbon atoms added and containing a catalytic amount of a strong acid of low water content reaction mixture is reacted at a temperature of about 40 ° C to an acylated alkyl glycerol ether, and (B) the acylated alkyl glycerol ether is reacted in order to obtain the alkyl glycerol ether of the formula (I),