The present invention provides: a production process for an alkylene oxide
addition product, by which a high-molecular alkylene oxide addition
product can be obtained with ordinary production facilities while the
formation of by-products is suppressed; and production processes for
derivatives from the alkylene oxide addition product. The present
invention production process for an alkylene oxide addition product
comprises the step of carrying out an addition reaction of an alkylene
oxide to a hydroxyl-group-containing saturated compound in order to
obtain the alkylene oxide addition product; with the production process
being characterized by further comprising: the initial step of causing
the alkylene oxide to add to the hydroxyl-group-containing saturated
compound in an amount of not larger than 20 mols on average of the
alkylene oxide per 1 mol of the hydroxyl-group-containing saturated
compound to thereby obtain an alkylene oxide low-mol-addition product;
and the molar-degree-of-polyaddition-adjusting step of causing the
alkylene oxide to further add to the alkylene oxide low-mol-addition
product as obtained in the initial step; wherein a portion of the
entirety of the alkylene oxide low-mol-addition product as obtained in
the initial step is used in the molar-degree-of-polyaddition-adjusting
step.