Patent ID: 7067692

Claim:
A method for producing an adamantyl acrylate compound represented by the following formula (4): wherein Y is hydrogen atom or alkyl group; R 1 is hydrocarbyl group; each of R 2 to R 4 is independently hydrogen atom, alkyl group, halogen atom or haloalkyl group; and n is an integer of 1 to 14, the method comprising a first step of reacting a 2-adamantanone compound represented by the following formula (1): wherein Y and n are the same as defined above, with an alkyl halide represented by the following formula (2): R 1 X (2) wherein R 1 is the same as defined above and X is halogen atom, in the presence of lithium metal; and a second step of further continuing the reaction after adding an acrylic ester compound into a reaction system, the acrylic ester compound being represented by the following formula (3): wherein R 2 to R 4 are the same as defined above and R 5 is alkyl group.