	US 7,547,809 B2
	Method for producing aromatic compound and aromatic compound
Fumio Moriwaki, Chiba (Japan); Hidehiro Matsunami, Chiba (Japan); and Tetsuya Inoue, Chiba (Japan)
Assigned to Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 23, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/473,178.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-267409 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0060777 A1, Mar. 15, 2007
Int. Cl. C07C 17/00 (2006.01); C07C 15/00 (2006.01); H01J 1/62 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 570—204 [585/413; 313/505; 313/506]

9 Claims

1. A process for producing an aromatic compound, comprising:

bringing an aromatic compound into reaction with a dehalogenating agent to decrease the contents of halogen elements to 10 ppm by mass or smaller;

wherein:

the aromatic compound is produced via an intermediate compound comprising at least one halogen element; and

a content of the at least one halogen element in the aromatic compound is from 10 to 1,000 ppm by mass.