Patent ID: 7728152

Claim:
A process for producing a 2-benzoyloxyacetaldehyde derivative represented by the following Formula (5): wherein R 3 and R 4 may be the same as or different from each other and are each hydrogen atom or an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having one to six carbon atoms, an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having three to eight carbon atoms, an aromatic hydrocarbon group having six to fourteen carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having two to six carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having two to six carbon atoms, and aralkyl groups having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group bound to each other; and n represents 2 or 3, where nR 3 s and nR 4 s may be the same as or different from each other, respectively, wherein R 3 with R 4 , R 3 s bound to different carbon atoms, and/or R 4 s bound to different carbon atoms, respectively, may be combined to form a ring with the adjacent carbon atom or carbon-carbon bond, and wherein the benzene ring in the formula optionally substituted, the process comprising the steps of: preparing a compound represented by the following Formula (3): wherein R 1 and R 2 may be the same as or different from each other and are each an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having one to six carbon atoms, an alicyclic hydrocarbon group having three to eight carbon atoms, an aromatic hydrocarbon group having six to fourteen carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having two to six carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having two to six carbon atoms, and aralkyl groups having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group and an aromatic hydrocarbon group bound to each other, wherein R 1 and R 2 may be combined to form a ring with the adjacent oxygen-carbon-oxygen bond, and wherein the benzene ring in the formula optionally substituted, by the process comprising the step of: allowing a halogenated acetaldehyde acetal compound represented by the following Formula (1): wherein R 1 and R 2 are as defined above; and X represents a halogen atom, to react with a benzoate represented by the following Formula (2): wherein M represents an alkali metal atom and wherein the benzene ring in the formula optionally substituted, in the presence of an alkali-metal halide; allowing the compound represented by Formula (3) to react with a hydroxymercaptan compound represented by the following Formula (4): wherein R 3 , R 4 and n are as defined above, in the presence of an acid catalyst and wherein the acid catalyst is at least one selected from the group consisting of hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, phosphoric acid, methanesulfonic acid, trifluoromethanesulfonic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, naphthalenesulfonic acid, trifluoroacetic acid and acidic cation exchange resins.