摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a one-step and high yield method of producing 1,8-tetralin dicarboxylic anhydride from 1,8-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid with catalyst of only one kind of noble metal.SOLUTION: There is provided a method of producing of 1,8-tetralin dicarboxylic anhydride by reacting 1,8-tetralin dicarboxylic anhydride with hydrogen using a palladium catalyst under a condition of water concentration in a reaction system of less than 0.2 wt.%. |