Patent ID: 9238624
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: C07C,C07D

Claim Text:
1. A method of producing an aromatic amino compound by using, as starting materials, carbazole, and a halogenated aromatic compound; and reacting said carbazole with said halogenated aromatic compound in the presence of a copper catalyst and a base so as to produce the aromatic amino compound having a structure in which an aromatic ring group derived from said halogenated aromatic compound is coupled to the amino group of said amine compound; wherein said carbazole and said halogenated aromatic compound are reacted together under a condition where an aromatic oxycarboxylic acid having a hydroxyl group and a hydroxycarbonyl group that are bonded to the neighboring carbon atoms thereof, is made present together with said copper catalyst and said base and wherein (a) the aromatic oxycarboxylic acid is represented by the following general formula (2), and wherein (b) in general formula (2), at least any one of the groups R and (c) the aromatic oxycarboxylic acid is used in an amount of 0.8 to 3 moles per mol of the copper catalyst.