METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIARYLETHENE COMPOUND AND NOVEL DIARYLETHENE COMPOUND

摘要

Disclosed is a method for safely and efficiently producing a diarylethene with high yield without using a special cooling device and the like. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a diarylethene compound which is characterized in that a lithium compound solution and an alkene compound solution are introduced into a microreactor having a channel where a plurality of liquids can be mixed, and a lithium compound and an alkene compound are subjected to a cross-coupling reaction in the microreactor. A cycloalkene compound represented by the structural formula (II) below is preferable as the alkene compound. Structural formula (II) In the structural formula (II), n represents an integer of 2-5; X represents hydrogen, chlorine or fluorine; and Y represents a halogen atom.