Patent ID: 7250532

Claim:
A method for producing an aromatic amino compound represented by general formula (V): wherein Ar 1 and Ar 2 each independently represent a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group or heterocyclic group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms and may represent the same group or different groups, wherein the method comprises: synthesizing an intermediate compound represented by general formula (IV): wherein R 1 represents a substituent having 2 to 50 carbon atoms, by reacting an amino compound represented by general formula (I): H 2 N-R 1 (I) wherein R 1 is as defined above, with a mixture of halogenated aryl compounds represented by general formulae (II) and (III): Ar 1 —X (II) Ar 2 —X (III) wherein Ar 1 and Ar 2 are as defined above, and X represents a halogen group, in the presence of a noble metal catalyst; and eliminating the substituent represented by R 1 from the nitrogen atom in the compound represented by general formula (IV) either under an acidic condition or an alkaline condition or by addition of a reducing agent or an oxidizing agent.