ESTER COMPOUND PRODUCTION METHOD

摘要

An ester compound production method, wherein an ester compound is obtained by reacting a compound which has at least one ring structure, namely a norbornene ring or a norbornadiene ring, with an alcohol and carbon monoxide with use of a palladium catalyst and oxidizing agent so as to introduce an ester group to a carbon that forms a double bond in the aforementioned ring structure. In this ester compound production method, the palladium catalyst comprises a palladium complex having bipyridyl as a ligand.