PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS

摘要

A problem of the present invention is to provide an economical process with minimized toxicity for producing an aromatic compound having a variety of substituents such as various alkyl groups, and the problem is solved by a process for production of an aromatic compound represented by formula (1) below, which comprises reacting a compound represented by formula (2) below with an aromatic magnesium reagent represented by formula (3a) below in the presence of an iron catalyst and a diamine compound:
wherein R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or a C 3 - C 10 saturated or unsaturated ring group; A is an optionally substituted C 4 - C 20 aromatic group or an optionally substituted heteroaromatic group; X is a halogen atom or a sulfonic acid ester; and Y 1 is bromine, iodine, chlorine or a carbanion ligand.