Process for producing arylsulfenyl halide

摘要

A process for producing a compound of the formula (II): wherein Hal¹ represents halogen and R¹ and R² each independently represents halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, nitro or cyano, which comprises allowing a halogenating agent to react with a compound of the formula (I): wherein Alk represents branched alkyl and R¹ and R² are as defined above.