Patent ID: 7038086

Claim:
A process for producing a vinyl compound shown by the following formula (1): wherein R 1 and R 2 are the same or different, each representing a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group or an alkoxy group and at least one of either R 1 or R 2 is an alkyl group; said process comprising the following steps: (i) reacting aniline with compounds represented by the formulae (IB-1) and (IB-2): to form a compound represented by the following formula (IB-3): wherein X 1 in formulae (IB-1) and (IB-2) represents a halogen atom, and each of R 1 and R 2 in formulae (IB-1), (IB-2) and (IB-3) has the same meanings as defined above; (ii) halogenating the compound (IB-3) to form a compound represented by the following formula (IC): wherein X 2 in formula (IC) represents a halogen atom, and each of R 1 and R 2 has the same meanings as defined above; and (iii) reacting the compound (IC) with a dihydroxyborostyrene shown in the following formula (IF):