Patent ID: 7148363

Claim:
A process for preparing an acrylate compound represented by the following formula (4-1): wherein R 1 and R 2 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom, R 3 represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a fluoroalkyl group or a fluoroalkenyl group, R 7 and R 8 independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a C 1 –C 4 straight-chain or branched alkyl group, a C 2 –C 4 straight-chain or branched alkenyl group, a C 1 –C 4 straight-chain or branched haloalkyl group, or a C 2 –C 4 straight-chain or branched haloalkenyl group, and R 13 represents a C 2 –C 15 straight-chain or branched alkylene group or a C 2 –C 15 straight-chain or branched alkenylene group, and R 13 may form an oxygen-containing heterocyclic structure together with the carbon atom to which R 13 is bonded; which comprises allowing an acrylic acid compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are the same as defined above for formula (4-1), to react, in the presence of a catalyst, with an unsaturated compound represented by the following formula (9): wherein R 7 , R 8 and R 13 are the same as defined above for formula (4-1); wherein said unsaturated compound of formula (9) is selected from the group consisting of: a compound represented by the following formula (14): wherein R 7 and R 8 are the same as defined above for formula (4-1), and R 21 independently represents a C 1 –C 4 straight-chain or branched alkyl group, a C 2 –C 4 straight-chain or branched alkenyl group, a C 1 –C 4 straight-chain or branched haloalkyl group, a C 2 –C 4 straight-chain or branched haloalkenyl group, a hydroxyl group, a C 1 –C 4 alkoxy group, an amino group, a carboxyl group, an ester group, a carbonyl group or a halogen atom, and n is an integer in the range of 0 to 8; a compound represented by the following formula (15): wherein R 7 , R 8 and R 21 are the same as defined above for formula (14), and n is an integer in the range of 0 to 10; a compound represented by the following formula (16): wherein R 7 , R 8 and R 21 are the same as defined above for formula (14), and n is an integer in the range of 0 to 6; a compound represented by the following formula (17): wherein R 7 , R 8 and R 21 are the same as defined above for formula (14), and n is an integer in the range of 0 to 8; a compound represented by the following formula (18): wherein R 7 , R 8 and R 21 are the same as defined above for formula (14), and n is an integer in the range of 0 to 6; a compound represented by the following formula (19): wherein R 7 , R 8 and R 21 are the same as defined above for formula (14), and n is an integer in the range of 0 to 8; and a compound represented by the following formula (20): wherein R 7 , R 8 and R 21 are the same as defined above for formula (14), and n is an integer in the range of 0 to 8.