A process for producing a fluorine-containing, polymerizable styrene monomer represented by the formula (2), the process comprising the step of reacting a compound represented by the formula (1) with a compound represented by the formula (12), in the presence of a metal catalyst, thereby producing the fluorine-containing, polymerizable styrene monomer represented by the formula (2),
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- where R1 a methyl group or trifluoromethyl group,
- R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, or an aryl group, each of the alkyl group and the aryl group independently having a carbon atom number of 1 to 25, independently having a straight-chain, branched or ring form, and independently and optionally having at least one of a fluorine atom, an oxygen atom, and a carbonyl bond,
- R3 is a halogen atom or alkylsulfonyl group, and
- n is 1 or 2,
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- where R10 is a hydrogen atom, MgX, SnR11R12R13, SiR14R15R16, or B(OR17)(OR18) where each of R11 to R18 independently has a carbon atom number of 1 to 25, independently is an alkyl group or aryl group, and independently and optionally has, in place of a carbon atom, at least one of a hetero atom and a substituent, and where X represents a halogen atom,
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- where R1, R2 and n respectively correspond to those of the formula (1).