Patent ID: 7273953

Claim:
A process for producing an arylamine, comprising reacting an aromatic halogen compound represented by the following general formula (4) or (5) with an aromatic amine in the presence of at least one organic salt represented by the following general formulae (1) to (3), a copper catalyst, and a base: wherein A represents a nitrogen atom, phosphorus atom, arsenic atom, or antimony atom; R1 to R17 may be the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aryl group, hydroxyl group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, mercapto group, alkylthio group, arylthio group, carbonyl group, sulfonyl group, oxycarbonyl group, carbonyloxy group, nitro group, cyano group, amino group, carbonylamino group, sulfonylamino group, heterocycle residue, or halogen atom, provided that R1, R7, R12, and R14 to R17 each is not a hydrogen atom, that R8 and R10 in cooperation may form a double bond, and that two bondable substituents in R1 to R6 or in R7 to R13 may be bonded to each other to form a ring; and X − represents any anion; wherein Q represents a chlorine atom, bromine atom, or iodine atom; Y represents an oxygen atom, sulfur atom, —C(R32)(R33)-, —N(R34)-, or arylene group; and R18 to R34 each represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkynyl group, aryl group, alkoxy group, aryloxy group, di-substituted amino group, heterocycle residue, or halogen atom, provided that any two bondable groups in R18 to R22 or in R23 to R34 may form a ring.