摘要 |
Disclosed is a process for production of a substituted benzene, which comprises intramolecularly and/or intermolecularly trimerizing a triple bond in an alkyne in the presence of a transition metal catalyst to yield a substituted benzene compound. In the process, the transition metal catalyst is prepared from an iminomethylpyridine represented by the formula (1) or (2), a transition metal salt or a hydrate thereof, and a reducing agent in a reaction system and is used to perform the trimerization. The process can be used in any one of the intramolecular cyclization of a triyne compound, the cyclization of a diyne compound or an alkyne compound and the intermolecular cyclization of three molecules of an alkyne compound, is excellent in economic effectiveness and operability, and is practically advantageous. wherein R1 and R3 independently represent a linear or cyclic C1-C20 aliphatic hydrocarbon group or the like; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; X represents a hydrogen atom, O or the like; and Y represents O, S or the like.
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