Patent ID: 7531691
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: C07C

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a naphthalenecarboxylic acid amide compound represented by formula [1] comprising, reacting a naphthalenecarboxylic acid halide compound represented by formula [2] with ammonium acetate in a solvent having an ether bond: wherein, Hal is chlorine or bromine; m is an integer of 1 or 2; R is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an optionally branched saturated alkyl having 1-20 carbon atoms, an aralkyl having 7-12 carbon atoms, an optionally branched saturated alkanoyl having 2-20 carbon atoms and benzoyl group; X is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, cyano, a group represented by formulae [3], [4] and [5]: provided that when m is 2, X is hydrogen; n is an integer of 1 or 2; Y Y Z is —O—, —S— or —NH—; and A is selected from the group consisting of an optionally substituted aromatic group and an optionally substituted heterocyclic group having conjugated double bonds.