METHOD FOR PRODUCING BENZYL ALCOHOL COMPOUND

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for safely producing a benzyl alcohol compound from an inexpensive raw material in high efficiency in contrast with conventional method difficult to produce the compound on an industrial scale or requiring expensive raw material. SOLUTION: The benzyl alcohol compound of formula (I) (R<1> is an alkyl substituted with fluorine and/chlorine atom) is produced by reacting an aryl chloride expressed by formula (II) (R<1> is the same as defined above) with magnesium in the presence of a lower haloalkane and reacting the produced Grignard reagent of formula (III) (R<1> is the same as defined above) with formaldehyde and/or its polymer.