Patent ID: 7470808

Claim:
A process for producing a fluorine-containing acrylic acid ester represented by the general formula (IV): (wherein, Rf represents a perfluoroalkyl group and R represents an unsubstituted or substituted alkyl group), which comprises reacting 1-bromo-1-perfluoroalkylethene represented by the general formula (I): (wherein Rf is as defined above), or 1,2-dibromo-1-perfluoroalkylethane represented by the general formula (II): (wherein Rf is as defined above) with an alcohol represented by the general formula (III): ROH (III) (wherein R is as defined above) in the presence of a palladium catalyst, carbon monoxide, and two or more bases, wherein at least one of the bases is an inorganic base, an inorganic salt, or an organic metal, and at least one of the bases is an amine.