Patent ID: 8431709

Claim:
A process for producing an ester compound comprising reacting an aminoalcohol represented by general formula (2): wherein R 2 represents a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, or an alkoxycarbonyl group which may be substituted; R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 , which may be identical or different, and each represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group which may be substituted, an alkoxy group which may be substituted, or a heterocyclic group which may be substituted, or any two groups selected from R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 may be joined to form a ring; and Q 1 represents a linking group selected from the group consisting of an alkylene group, an arylene group and a heteroarylene group, with a carboxylic acid ester compound in the presence of a compound containing a zinc element, thereby selectively acylating a hydroxyl group of the aminoalcohol.