Patent ID: 8648207

Claim:
A process for production of a (1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)benzene compound represented by a formula (5): wherein R is a C1 to C6 alkyl group or a cyclic C3 to C6 alkyl group; A 1 is a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a mono(C1 to C6 alkyl)amino group or a di(C1 to C6 alkyl)amino group; and A 2 is a halogen atom, a C1 to C6 alkyl group or a cyclic C3 to C6 alkyl group, which comprises reacting a triazole compound represented by a formula (2): with a phenylboronic acid compound represented by a formula (3): or a phenylboroxine compound represented by a formula (4): in the presence of a copper catalyst.