METHOD FOR PRODUCING NITRILE COMPOUND, CARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND OR CARBOXYLATE COMPOUND

摘要

A method for producing a nitrile compound, a carboxylic acid compound or a carboxylate compound represented by the general formula (2): (2) (wherein R, R<1> and R<2> are as defined below) is characterized in that an acetic acid compound represented by the general formula (1) (wherein R represents a cyano group, a carboxyl group or an ester group; R<1> and R<2> respectively represent a group which may have a substituent and does not take part in the reaction; and R<1> and R<2> may combine together to form a ring) is decarboxylated in the presence of a metal catalyst.