Process for producing carboxylic acid esters

摘要

A process for producing a carboxylic acid ester, which comprises reacting an organic chloride having at least one chlorine atom on its ring of a substituted or unsubstituted, aromatic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon with carbon monoxide and an amine or an alcohol in the presence of a base by using as catalysts a palladium compound and a phosphine compound represented by the general formula (V): (R)2P-X-P(R)2 (V) wherein R is an alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, and X is an alkylene group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, (* CHEMICAL STRUCTURE *) (* CHEMICAL STRUCTURE *) (* CHEMICAL STRUCTURE *) or a binaphthyl group.