Patent ID: 8034971

Claim:
A method for producing a 1,2-phenylethane compound, which comprises subjecting a compound represented by formula (I): wherein Ra represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group; Rb represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent; n represents an integer of 1 to 5 and, when n is 2 or more, Rb may be the same or different, or may be combined with each other to form a ring; and X represents a halogen atom; to a coupling reaction in the presence of a transition metal complex to produce a compound represented by formula (II): wherein the substituent of the phenyl group represented by Ra or the substituent represented by Rb is COOR 1 , SO 2 R 2 , OR 3 , SR 4 or N(R 5 )(R 6 ), and R 1 to R 6 represent a hydrogen atom or an organic group.