摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for industrially usefully producing tetrafluorobenzenedimetanol or tetrafluorobenzenedicarbaldehyde useful as a raw material, intermediate, etc., for agrochemicals, medicines, etc. SOLUTION: Tetrafluorodicyanobenzene is reduced with hydrogen in the presence of water and an acid by using one or more kinds of metals selected from a group consisting of nickel, palladium, platinum, ruthenium and cobalt as a catalyst to provide tetrafluorobenzenedicarbaldehyde, which is then reduced to produce tetrafluorobenzenedimethanol. |