To provide a compound suitable for solvents excellent in characteristics for dissolving various solutes and low in toxicity against living bodies, to provide a method for efficiently producing the compound, and to provide solvents containing the compound.

1-Acetoxy-3-n-propoxypropane. A method for producing the 1acetoxy-3-n-propoxypropane comprises reacting acrolein with npropanol, hydrogenating the obtained 3-n-propoxy-1-propanal, and subsequently acetoxylating the obtained 3-n-propoxy-1-propanol.