Patent ID: 8168812

Claim:
A process for producing a compound represented by XOR 2 ; a dialkyl tin dialkoxide compound having one tin atom, two Sn—R 1 bonds and two Sn—OR 2 bonds; and/or a tetraalkyl dialkoxy distannoxane compound having one Sn—O—Sn bond, in which each tin atom of the tetraalkyl dialkoxy distannoxane compound has two Sn—R 1 bonds and one Sn—OR 2 bond, comprising reacting in the absence of a catalyst at least one alkyl tin compound selected from the group consisting of i) and ii) below: i) a dialkyl tin compound having one tin atom, two Sn—R 1 (wherein R 1 represents an alkyl group) bonds, and two Sn—OX bonds (wherein OX is a group in which HOX that is a conjugate acid of OX is a Bronsted acid having a pKa of from 0 to 6.8); and ii) a tetraalkyl distannoxane compound having one Sn—O—Sn bond, in which each tin atom of the tetraalkyl distannoxane compound has two Sn—R 1 bonds and one Sn—OX bond (wherein OX is a group in which HOX that is a conjugate acid of OX is a Bronsted acid having a pKa of from 0 to 6.8); and a carbonic acid ester represented by R 2 OCOOR 2 (wherein R 2 represents a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, a hydrocarbon group having a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon substituent, or a Y—CH 2 — group (wherein Y represents an alkyl polyalkylene group, an aromatic group or a cyclic saturated or unsaturated alkylene ether group)), and/or an alcohol represented by R 2 OH (wherein R 2 is the same as defined above).