Patent ID: 7615669

Claim:
A process for producing a fluoro-compound, comprising fluorinating an alcohol derivative represented by the following general formula (1): R 1 R 2 R 3 COH (1) (wherein R 1 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group, alkylcarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, arylcarbonyl group or aryloxycarbonyl group; and R 2 and R 3 are each independently a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, aryl group, alkylcarbonyl group, alkoxycarbonyl group, arylcarbonyl group or aryloxycarbonyl group, wherein at least two of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 may together form part of a ring structure, either with or without a heteroatom) with N,N-diethyl-2-chloro-1,1,2-trifluoroethylamine to form a fluoro-compound represented by the following general formula (2): R 1 R 2 R 3 CF (2) (wherein R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are as defined above), the process being characterized in that an alcohol derivative represented by the following general formula (3): R 4 OH (3) (wherein R 4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group or aryl group) is added to the reaction system.