A method for producing an aromatic compound represented by the following formula : wherein Ar 1 , Ar 2 and n are the same as defined in the formulae and , which comprises subjecting an aromatic nitro compound represented by the following formula : wherein Ar 1 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent or a heteroaromatic group which may have a substituent, and n is an integer of from 1 to 5; and a boronic acid compound represented by the following formula : Ar 2 -B(OR 1 ) 2 wherein Ar 2 is a C 1-18 alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, or a heteroaromatic group which may have a substituent, R 1 is each independently a hydrogen atom, a C 1-4 alkyl group or a phenyl group, and the two R 1 may be linked to form a ring containing oxygen atoms and a boron atom, where the substituent on the aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent and the heteroaromatic group which may have a substituent in the above formulae and is independently a methyl group, an ethyl group, a C 3 - 18 alkyl group, a C 1-18 halogenated alkyl group, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a C 3 - 18 alkoxy group, a phenyl group, a tolyl group, a pyridyl group, a pyrimidinyl group, a carbazolyl group, a dibenzothienyl group or a dibenzofuranyl group; to a cross coupling reaction in the presence of a palladium compound as a transition metal catalyst and a base, wherein a Buchwald phosphine ligand represented by the following formula : wherein R 1 is each independently a cyclohexyl group or a tert-butyl group, R 2 is each independently a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a methoxy group, an isopropyl group, an isopropoxy group, a dimethylamino group or a sulfonic acid group; coexists in such a transition metal catalyst; wherein a nitro group leaves and a bond is newly formed on the carbon atom to which the nitro group has been bonded. wherein Ar 1 , Ar 2 and n are the same as defined in the formulae and , which comprises subjecting an aromatic nitro compound represented by the following formula : wherein Ar 1 is an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent or a heteroaromatic group which may have a substituent, and n is an integer of from 1 to 5; and a boronic acid compound represented by the following formula : Ar 2 -B(OR 1 ) 2 wherein Ar 2 is a C 1-18 alkyl group, an aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent, or a heteroaromatic group which may have a substituent, R 1 is each independently a hydrogen atom, a C 1-4 alkyl group or a phenyl group, and the two R 1 may be linked to form a ring containing oxygen atoms and a boron atom, where the substituent on the aromatic hydrocarbon group which may have a substituent and the heteroaromatic group which may have a substituent in the above formulae and is independently a methyl group, an ethyl group, a C 3 - 18 alkyl group, a C 1-18 halogenated alkyl group, a methoxy group, an ethoxy group, a C 3 - 18 alkoxy group, a phenyl group, a tolyl group, a pyridyl group, a pyrimidinyl group, a carbazolyl group, a dibenzothienyl group or a dibenzofuranyl group; to a cross coupling reaction in the presence of a palladium compound as a transition metal catalyst and a base, wherein a Buchwald phosphine ligand represented by the following formula : wherein R 1 is each independently a cyclohexyl group or a tert-butyl group, R 2 is each independently a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a methoxy group, an isopropyl group, an isopropoxy group, a dimethylamino group or a sulfonic acid group; coexists in such a transition metal catalyst; wherein a nitro group leaves and a bond is newly formed on the carbon atom to which the nitro group has been bonded. <EOS>