Patent ID: 8133834

Claim:
A method for producing a chemical compound, comprising contacting a substrate with molecular oxygen in the presence of an oxidation catalyst, thereby performing an oxidation reaction to form the chemical compound, said oxidation catalyst comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of a hydrazyl radical represented by the formula (1) below and a hydrazine compound represented by the formula (2) below, wherein each of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 independently represents an aliphatic group, an aromatic group, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a nitroso group, a cyano group, an amino group, an imino group, an azo group, a carbonyl group, a carboxyl group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryloxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, an alkoxyl group, an aryloxy group, a haloalkyl group, a mercapto group, an alkylthio group, an arylthio group, a sulfo group, a sulfinyl group, a sulfonyl group or a heterocyclic group, or alternatively a group having two or more of these atom and groups; and wherein two substituents selected from the group consisting of R 1 , R 2 and R 3 are optionally bonded to each other, to thereby form a ring.