Patent ID: 7304184

Claim:
A process for producing an allyl-containing compound represented by following Formula (3): wherein R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 may be the same as or different from one another and each represent hydrogen atom or an organic group; R 7 represents an organic group; and Y represents oxygen atom or sulfur atom, the process comprising the step of reacting an allyl ester compound represented by following Formula (1): wherein R 1 represents hydrogen atom or an organic group; and R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are as defined above, with a compound represented by following Formula (2) R 7 —Y—H (2) wherein R 7 is an organic group; and Y is as defined above, wherein the compound represented by Formula (2) is one selected from the group consisting of alcohols and thiol compounds, provided that the compound represented by Formula (2) is not a phenol, in the presence of a catalytic amount of an iridium compound.