A method of producing an aromatic compound, comprising a step of mixing a compound represented by the formula: Ar 1 (̵X 1) m, wherein, X 1 represents a group represented by the formula,,,, or: Ar 1 represents a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having a number of carbon atoms of 6 to 36, and m represents 2, a carbon atom contained in the aromatic hydrocarbon group may be substituted with a hetero atom or a carbonyl group, and a hydrogen atom contained in the aromatic hydrocarbon group may be substituted with a fluorine atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkoxy group, an alkylthio group, a cycloalkylthio group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylalkyl group, an arylcycloalkyl group, an arylalkenyl group, an arylalkynyl group, a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, an amino group which may have a substituent, a silyl group which may have a substituent, an acyl group, a group having a carbon atom-nitrogen atom double bond as a partial structure, an acid imide group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cycloalkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group or a nitro group, and a compound represented by the formula: Ar 2 (̵X 2) n, wherein, X 2 represents a chlorine atom, a bromine atom or an iodine atom, Ar 2 represents a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having a number of carbon atoms of 6 to 36, and n represents 2, a carbon atom contained in the aromatic hydrocarbon group may be substituted with a hetero atom or a carbonyl group, and a hydrogen atom contained in the aromatic hydrocarbon group may be substituted with a fluorine atom, an alkyl group, a cycloalkyl group, an alkoxy group, a cycloalkoxy group, an alkylthio group, a cycloalkylthio group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an arylthio group, an arylalkyl group, an arylcycloalkyl group, an arylalkenyl group, an arylalkynyl group, a heterocyclic group which may have a substituent, an amino group which may have a substituent, a silyl group which may have a substituent, an acyl group, a group having a carbon atom-nitrogen atom double bond as a partial structure, an acid imide group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, a cycloalkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group or a nitro group, in the presence of a phosphine represented by the formula: wherein, A 3 and A 4 represent a cyclopentyl group, R 13 and R 17 represent each independently a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an alkyl group having a number of carbon atoms of 2 to 6, an alkoxy group having a number of carbon atoms of 1 to 6, a cycloalkoxy group having a number of carbon atoms of 3 to 8 or a fluoroalkoxy group having a number of carbon atoms of 1 to 6, R 14, R 15 and R 16 represent each independently a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an alkyl group having a number of carbon atoms of 1 to 20, an alkoxy group having a number of carbon atoms of 1 to 20 or a fluoroalkoxy group having a number of carbon atoms of 1 to 20, here, all of R 13 to R 17 do not simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom, and further, R 14 and R 15 may be linked to form a ring together with a carbon atom to which they are linked, and R 15 and R 16 may be linked to form a ring together with a carbon atom to which they are linked, a base, a palladium compound and an aprotic organic solvent.