Patent ID: 6943257

Claim:
A process for producing aromatic halide of the formula (1) which comprises: converting an aromatic amine compound to a corresponding aromatic halide in the presence of a halodimethylsulfonium halide as an active nucleophilic agent wherein X is bromine or iodine; Y is carbon or nitrogen; R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 which may be the same or different and are selected independently from the group consisting of a hydrogen, a halogen, a C 1 -C 8 alkyl, a C 1 -C 10 alkoxy, a nitro, a formyl, an aryl, a benzyl, a C 2 -C 10 alkylcarbonyl and an arylcarbonyl, provided that adjacent groups as selected from among R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 may combine to form a ring.