Patent ID: 8119811

Claim:
A method for producing an amide compound represented by the formula (3): wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 , R 6 and R 7 are as defined below, which comprises reacting an aniline compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R 1 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, or a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, R 3 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, a C3-C6 alkoxyalkyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, a C3-C6 alkenyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, or a C3-C6 alkynyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, R 4 represents a halogen atom, or a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, and R 5 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, or a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, with an aldehyde compound represented by the formula (2): wherein R 6 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a cyano group, a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkoxy group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkylthio group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkylsulfinyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, or a C1-C6 alkylsulfonyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom, and R 7 a halogen atom, or a C1-C6 alkyl group optionally substituted with at least one halogen atom in a solvent in the presence of an oxidizing agent selected from the following group A: (a) oxygen, (b) peroxide, and (c) chromic acid, or a salt thereof.