Preparation process of vinyl ether compounds

摘要

A process produces vinyl ether compounds and includes allowing a vinyl ester compound represented by following Formula (1): wherein R<1>, R<2>, R<3> and R<4> are the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom or an organic group, to react with a hydroxy compound represented by following Formula (2): R<5>OH wherein R<5> is an organic group, in the presence of at least one transition element compound to thereby yield a vinyl ether compound represented by following Formula (3): wherein R<2>, R<3>, R<4> and R<5> have the same meanings as defined above. Such transition element compounds include iridium compounds and other compounds containing Group VIII elements. A vinyl ether compound represented by following Formula (4): wherein W is a divalent hydrocarbon; n is 0 or 1; m is an integer from 1 to 8; ring Z is any one of cyclic groups represented by following Formulae (5) through (12):