Patent ID: 8242278
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: B01J,C07B,C07C,C07D

Abstract:
1. A process for producing a biaryl compound, which comprises reacting an arylhydrazine compound, hydrogen peroxide and an aryl compound at a reaction temperature of 0 to 200° C.; wherein the arylhydrazine compound is represented by the formula (1): wherein Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted pyridinyl group, wherein substituents of the pyridinyl group are an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, an aralkyl group, an aralkyloxy group, an aralkyloxycarbonyl group, an acyl group, a halogen atom, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group (—SO the aryl compound is represented by the formula (2): wherein Ar′ is a substituted or unsubstituted pyridinyl group, wherein substituents of the pyridinyl group are a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyl group, an aralkyloxy group, an acyl group, a carboalkoxy group, a carboaryloxy group, a carboaralkyloxy group, a carboxyl group, a sulfo group, a cyano group, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, or an amino group and has at least one hydrogen atom bound to the aforementioned group, and the biaryl compound is represented by the formula (3): wherein Ar and Ar′ are as defined above.