Patent ID: 8212048

Claim:
A method of producing an aromatic compound of the following formula (3) comprising reacting a compound of the following formula (1) with an olefin compound of the following formula (2) in the presence of a ruthenium complex: wherein, an Ar 1 ring represents an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring, an Ar 2 ring represents a heterocyclic ring containing X 1 and N*, and the X 1 represents a nitrogen atom or carbon atom and the N* represents a nitrogen atom connecting via a double bond to either one of two adjacent atoms in the Ar 2 ring; the Ar 1 ring and/or the Ar 2 ring may optionally have a group selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms and an aryloxy group having 6 to 10 carbon atoms; the Ar 1 ring and the Ar 2 ring can be further connected directly or via a divalent group; and the Ar 1 ring is a benzene ring, naphthalene ring, anthracene ring, phenanthrene ring, pyrene ring, fluorene ring, furan ring, oxazole ring, isooxazole ring, thiophene ring, thiazole ring, isothiazole ring, pyrrole ring, imidazole ring, pyrazole ring, tetrazole ring, pyridine ring, pyrazine ring, pyrimidine ring, pyridazine ring, triazine ring, indole ring, indazole ring, quinoline ring, isoquinoline ring, purine ring, naphthyridine ring, phthalazine ring, quinoxaline ring, quinazoline ring, carbazole ring, phenanthridine ring, phenanthroline ring, acridine ring, or phenazine ring, and the Ar 2 ring is an imidazole ring, pyrazole ring, tetrazole ring, oxazole ring, isooxazole ring, thiazole ring, isothiazole ring, pyridine ring, pyrazine ring, pyrimidine ring, pyridazine ring, triazine ring, indole ring, indazole ring, quinoline ring, isoquinoline ring, purine ring, naphthyridine ring, phthalazine ring, quinoxaline ring, quinazoline ring, carbazole ring, phenanthridine ring, phenanthroline ring, acridine ring, or phenazine ring; or the Ar 1 ring and the Ar 2 , ring form benzo[h][1,6]naphthyridine, thieno[2,3-h]quinoline, furo[2,3-h]quinoline, 7H-pyrrolo[2,3-h]quinoline, 3H-9-aza-cyclopenta[a]naphthalene, or 7H-pyrrolo[3,4-h]quinoline; wherein, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 represent each independently a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or an aryl group having 6 to 18 carbon atoms; and wherein, Ar 1 , Ar 2 , X 1 , N*, R 1 , R 2 and R 3 represent the same meanings as described above.