ETHERIFICATION CATALYST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ETHER COMPOUND USING THE ETHERIFICATION CATALYST COMPOSITION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing an ether compound from an alcohol using an etherification catalyst composition.;SOLUTION: The present invention provides a method for producing an ether compound using a catalyst composition containing a transition metal complex represented by formula (1) [Ar is aromatic compound or cyclopentadienyl group; M¹ is Ru, Rh or Ir; L is sulfoxide, amide, nitrogen-containing aromatic ring, amine, ether, nitrile or aquo ligand; dashed line is, together with a solid line, single bond or double bond; Y^- is anion, preferably alkyl sulfonic acid ion, bis(sulfonyl) imide ion, or a (sulfonyl) methide ion].;SELECTED DRAWING: None;COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT