Patent ID: 7423168

Claim:
A method for producing an allyl compound comprising: reacting a first allyl compound of formula (a) with an oxygen nucleophilic agent in the presence of a catalyst containing a monodentate phosphite compound and at least one transition metal compound containing a transition metal selected from the group consisting of transition metals belonging to Group 8 to Group 10 of the Periodic Table, under conditions suitable for producing a second allyl compound; wherein the monodentate phosphite compound has the following formula (1): P(OR 1 )(OR 2 )(OR 3 ) (1) wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are independently a linear or branched alkyl group which may have a substituent; wherein the first allyl compound has the following formula (a): wherein R a to R e are respectively independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an amino group, a formyl group, an alkyl group, an aryl group (including a heterocyclic compound forming an aromatic 6Π electron cloud on the upper and lower sides of the ring), an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, an amide group, an acyl group or an acyloxy group; among these groups, the amino group, the alkyl group, the aryl group, the alkoxy group, the aryloxy group, the alkylthio group, the arylthio group, the acyl group or the acyloxy group may have a substituent; and when any of R a to R e has a carbon chain, the carbon chain may have at least one carbon-carbon double bond or triple bond, and X is a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, an amino group, a sulfonyl group, a sulfonate group, an acyloxy group, a carbonate group, a carbamate group, a phosphate group, an alkoxy group or an aryloxy group; wherein among these groups, the amino group, the sulfonyl group, the sulfonate group, the acyloxy group, the carbonate group, the carbamate group, the phosphate group, the alkoxy group and the aryloxy group may have a substituent; and wherein when X has a carbon chain, the carbon chain may have at least one carbon-carbon double bond or triple bond; and at least two optional groups among R a to R e and X may bond to each other to form at least one cyclic structure; and wherein the second allyl compound is a compound in which X in the first allyl compound is substituted with AO; and wherein the oxygen nucleophilic agent is not the same as the monodentate phosphite compound and is a compound different from substituent X and its proton adduct X—H eliminated from the allyl starting material compound by reaction, and is a compound containing an oxygen atom expressed by AO—H or its deprotonated form AO − , in which A is a hydrogen atom or an organic group having a carbon atom, nitrogen atom, phosphorus atom, or a sulfur atom bonded to the oxygen atom of the oxygen nucleophilic agent.