Patent ID: 7820802

Claim:
A method for producing an azodicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound, comprising the steps of: (a): reacting hydrazine with a halocarbonic acid (2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound represented by formula (2): wherein A represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and B represents a halogen atom, to give a 1,2-hydrazinedicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound represented by formula (3): wherein A is as defined above; and (b): oxidizing the 1,2-hydrazinedicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound represented by formula (3): wherein A is as defined above, to give an azodicarboxylic acid bis(2-alkoxyethyl) ester compound represented by formula (1): wherein A represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms.