Patent ID: 7009080

Claim:
A process for producing a halogenated aromatic amine compound, comprising allowing an aromatic amine compound represented by the following Formula (1): H 2 N—Ar 1 (1), wherein Ar 1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, to react with a dihalogenated aromatic compound represented by the following Formula (2): Y 1 —Ar 2 —Y 2 (2), wherein Ar 2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted biphenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted fluorenylene group, and Y 1 and Y 2 each independently represent an iodine atom, a bromine atom or a chlorine atom, in the presence of a metallic catalyst and a basic compound in a non-reactive solvent to obtain a halogenated aromatic amine compound represented by the following Formula (3): wherein Ar 1 , Ar 2 and Y 1 are as defined above, wherein the metallic catalyst has a phosphorus-containing ligand having at least one cyclic hydrocarbon group, and wherein the phosphorus-containing ligand is represented by formula (6-10), (6-11), (6-23), (6-24), (6-25), (6-26) or (6-31):