Patent ID: 7368615

Claim:
A process for producing an organic compound using a catalyst, the process comprising the step of: allowing a compound (A) capable of forming a radical, said compound (A) being selected from the group consisting of (A1) heteroatom-containing compounds each having a carbon-hydrogen bond at the adjacent position to the heteroatom, (A2) compounds each having a carbon-heteroatom double bond, (A3) compounds each having a methine carbon atom, (A4) compounds each having a carbon-hydrogen bond at the adjacent position to an unsaturated bond, (A5) non-aromatic cyclic hydrocarbons, (A6) conjugated compounds, (A7) amines, (A8) aromatic compounds, (A9) straight-chain alkanes and (A10) olefins, to react with a radical scavenging compound (B), said compound (B) being selected from the group consisting of (B1) unsaturated compounds, (B2) compounds each having a methine carbon atom, (B3) heteroatom-containing compounds and (B4) oxygen-atom-containing reacting agents, in the presence of a catalyst, the catalyst comprising a cyclic imide compound, the cyclic imide compound having an N-substituted cyclic imide skeleton represented by following Formula (II): wherein R X is a hydrocarbon group having five or more carbon atoms; and n denotes an integer of from 1 to 4, where the groups —C(═O)—OR x may be the same or different when n is equal to or more than 2, said cyclic imide compound having a solubility parameter of less than or equal to 26 (MPa) 1/2 as determined by Fedors method to thereby yield a product of an addition or substitution reaction between the compound (A) and the compound (B) or a product of a dehydration reaction, a cyclization reaction, a decarboxylation reaction, a rearrangement reaction or an isomerization reaction thereof.