Patent ID: 7560547

Claim:
A process for producing a hydroxyl alkyl cyclic diamine compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R 1 denotes a bromine atom, m is 1 or 2, and n is an integer of 1 to 6, which comprises: reducing 2, 4-Dibromo-6-methyl-3-nitropyridine represented by the following formula (24) to 3-Amino-2, 4-dibromo-6-methylpyridine represented by the following formula (7a): and acylating the 3-Amino-2,4-dibromo-6-methylpyridine to obtain an acetamide compound represented by the following formula (6): wherein each of R 1 and R 6 , which may be identical to or different from each other, is a halogen atom.