To provide a method for refining 2-phenyl-1-propanol capable of obtaining 2-phenyl-1-propanol of high purity having an excellent arom a for a perfume by efficiently and selectively separating and removing an offensive smell component from crude 2-phenyl-1-propanol only by a simple operation without requiring a complicated apparatus or operation and capable of economically recycling a solvent used in a process to use the same.
The method for refining 2-phenyl-1-propanol includes an extraction and distillation process for extraction-treating and distilling crude 2- phenyl-1-propanol using an extraction solvent (A) to obtain refined 2-phenyl-1- propanol and an extraction process for extracting the extraction solvent (A) used in the extraction and distillation process by a separate extraction solvent (B) to refine the same.
ONODERA YOSHIMITSU