Patent ID: 7074970

Claim:
A process for producing vinyl ether compounds, comprising the step of: reacting a vinyl ester compound represented by following Formula (1): wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom or an organic group selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an alkyl group, a haloalkyl group, an aryl group, a hydroxyl group optionally protected by a protecting group, a hydroxymethyl group optionally protected by a protecting group, an amino group optionally protected by a protecting group, a carboxyl group optionally protected by a protecting group, a sulfo group optionally protected by a protecting group, an oxo group, a nitro group, a cyano group, an acyl group optionally protected by a protecting group, a hydrocarbon group optionally having a substituent and a heterocyclic group optionally having a substituent, wherein said organic group does not adversely affect the reaction, with a hydroxy compound represented by following Formula (2): R 5 OH (2) wherein R 5 is an organic group having the same meaning as defined above for R 1 â€“R 4 , in the presence of at least one transition element selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, iridium and platinum, to thereby yield a vinyl ether compound represented by following Formula (3): wherein R 2 , R 3 , R 4 and R 5 have the same meanings as defined above.